SUBJECT>Re: The Hat Challenge POSTER>peter richards EMAIL>peter.richards@chello.no DATE>1109256186 IP_ADDRESS>cm-80.111.168.023.chello.no PREVIOUS>83767 NEXT> 83815 IMAGE> LINKNAME> LINKURL>

Carter Family, anyone?

I saw a fellow yesterday
who wore a funny hat
and now you just might ask me what’s
so very strange in that.

He wore a long black cloak as well
that came down to his feet
and underneath a shirt and tie
all done up nice and neat.

His shoes were black and heavy
with laces in a bow
and I wondered what it was about
this man that struck me so.

A little voice chimed up inside
and it explained to me
the hat is the hat of high-mindedness
and the cloak is hypocrisy.

Those parts so tidy and precise
are the collar and tie of hate
and the shoes of conscience hold him down
with all their heavy weight.

A million voices butted in
that they did not suppose
that one can tell a person by
the fashion of their clothes.

But all those voices must be still
as they had failed to see
what I saw was a mirror
reflecting back on me.

PSR