the hat

The hat was only $8.
You were a smart shopper.
Suddenly, temporarily wealthy,
The motivation was really
a combination
of things -

the weather: cold.
your heart feeling
bold,
and your self esteem reliant on worn fabric creations
likely to enhance those 'subtler facial features'.

Really,
you knew,
you knew that the lack of closure
took a sick pleasure
in his admiration
of your beauty

and it felt
exeptionally nice,
when he walked by
and noticed how cute you looked
in your $8 hat.