The Gatepost Vol. 14.6: Drop of a Hat

"“Darling, what is that?
That, angel, is a hat.
Are you positive? Are you certain?
Are you sure it’s not a curtain?
Shall you really place your head in it? How’s for keeping cake or bread in it? ... . . . What was the matter
With the hatter?
Was he troubled? Was he ill?
Was he laughing fit to kill?
Oh, what was on his mind
As he designed?
Had he gone without his supper?
Was he dressing in an upper? . . .
Oh, may the Furies batter
That eleven-fingered hatter!
May doom and gloom enswaddle
The creator of this model 1
I hope he made a lot of them, That dozens he has got of them, I hope he has a harem, And all his spouses wear ’em."