Keep It Under Your Hat

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Keep It Under Your HatLouis had a bald spot, like a pink paper plateso he always wore a Derby, when he went on datesthen he joined a hair club, got fitted fer a rugjust like that, ditched that hat cos now he wuz a studmet an old flame that weekend, sex appeal glued to his headbut that thing looked like a tribble, so that lady said"keep it under your hatlet it be your little secretno one needs to see somethin' like thatso mister just keep itkeep it under your hat"Louis he tore off that piece, and it left a purple rashso his date for that weekend, was gonna cost him cashcome payday he could afford, to call up an escortan outlaw kiss, but the risk was half the rewardshe hit the comp'ny picnic, in pumps and a hot mink stolewhen she recognized his bossman, his boss said "don't tell a soulkeep it under your hatlet it be your little secretno one needs to know somethin' like thatso mister just keep itkeep it under your hat"Louis woke up in a hotel room, just before dawngroggy, naked n robbed, 'cept for the derby on the doorknoball his clothes were gonewhen he tore ass through the lobbythe clerk saw his nekkid body and said"keep it under your hatlet it be your little secretno one needs to see somethin' like thatso mister just keep itkeep it under your hat"(c)2006 Robert George