Tonight's Poet Corner: Sonnet Solstice #101

Jo's Sheriff Hat

by Belinda Roddie

Jo's sheriff hat looked quite authentic, and

when she wore it through town, the boys would stop

and stare, while she grinned and waved her right hand

in a salute, imagining the "clop-

clip-clop" of hooves as she pretended she

was galloping toward a saloon. Her big

and bearded father raised a brow as he

followed his daughter, stains of the oil rig

he worked at present on his shirt. The two

of them were walking to a store where they

sold costumes, and the sweet manager knew

that Jo would want a shiny badge that day

to go with her great hat. "Also, a vest,"

Jo said. "A sheriff's gotta look her best!"