Scott Simpson · Poetry
The Hat You Wear
Use For Kindling · source pages 63, 64
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Source page 63
The Hat You Wear
She grew up west
of the river where real
farmers wore cowboy hats—
Source page 64
east river boys wore
ball caps and that
meant something.
It always starts young:
what you're told means
strong, means real,
means one of us.
But hats are just hats,
until someone hands you
one and tells you who
you are before
you choose it.
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