THE MAGIC HANKY 

I am just a little hankie, as square as can be; 
but with a stitch or two, they've made a bonnet out of me. 
I'll be worn home from the hospital, and on special days, 
and then I'll be carefully pressed and neatly packed away. 
Then on the Wedding, I have been told, 
every well dressed Bride must have something old. 
So what would be more fitting than to find Little Old Me, 
a few stitches snipped and a Wedding Handkerchief 
I Will Be! 
And if per chance, it is a boy, someday he still will Wed. 
So to his Bride he can present 
the "Magic Handkerchief" once worn upon his head.

AN HEIRLOOM
A tiny square of linen 
And a dainty edge of lace, 
Designed into a bonnet, 
To frame your baby’s face. 

After baby’s worn it 
Fold and tuck away... 
And it becomes a hanky 
For your daughter’s Wedding Day. 

Or if the baby is a boy, 
On the day he marries 
This can be the “something old” 
His joyful bride will carry.

TREASURE BONNET
This bonnet at first seems small in your hands, 
A treasure of lace and ribbon bands. 
But this gift is more than linen and charms 
For the sweet baby who rests in Mother's arms. 
From boxes long sealed, she will search for the hat, 
Snip off the ribbons, and after that 
Hand over this handkerchief with a smile 
To her grown-up daughter, who will walk down the aisle. 
Or to maybe her son, a young handsome groom, 
She will hand him a gift, a family heirloom. 
He will give it to the girl who holds his heart 
To have and to hold, till death do they part.

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