My Akubra Hat
By Carlo Gabbi
My old Akubra
is an old brimmed hat
which well knows how to keep
the torrid outback sun away
I’m still wearing it
over my head,
even if is now well wore off,
at my return from the farm.
This old Akubra has become my best friend
and together for the past fifty years
and seen around
memorable things.
Certainly my hat
suffer now from old age…
still is the best of friends protecting me well!
As all the old Akubra’s
looks greasy with stained patches
and present a large hole,
memory of old times.
I know is old, but so am I!
living in the bush
we saw many things together
while running on camel back.
We hunted kangaroos
And fossicked for opals
As well we run over dinosaurs spoors.
Today we have retired
but still we’re the best old mates!
Someone suggested me
to get rid of it.
‘No way’ I said,
‘how could I?’
separate from
the companion of my entire life!
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