C.P. Meek

January 1, 1986

Thomas J. Roach

I finally threw out

The attic baked brown

Hatbox labeled Homburg,

Midnight Blue C.P. Meek.

I bought it from the owner

Where May street dips and I

Learned to ride a bike.  The old

Man, a stranger, said it

Was unused but smiled like

A carnival barker as

He folded my dollar and

I walked away with his hat.