The Contemporary Diaspora: A Special 25th Anniversary Issue || Song for a Hat
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Song for a Hat Author(s): Toi Derricotte Source: Callaloo, Vol. 24, No. 4, The Contemporary Diaspora: A Special 25th Anniversary Issue (Autumn, 2001), p. 996 Published by: The Johns Hopkins University Press Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/3300308 . Accessed: 18/06/2014 15:31 Your use of the JSTOR archive indicates your acceptance of the Terms & Conditions of Use, available at . http://www.jstor.org/page/info/about/policies/terms.jsp . JSTOR is a not-for-profit service that helps scholars, researchers, and students discover, use, and build upon a wide range of content in a trusted digital archive. We use information technology and tools to increase productivity and facilitate new forms of scholarship. For more information about JSTOR, please contact [email protected]. . The Johns Hopkins University Press is collaborating with JSTOR to digitize, preserve and extend access to Callaloo. http://www.jstor.org This content downloaded from 195.78.108.147 on Wed, 18 Jun 2014 15:31:31 PM All use subject to JSTOR Terms and Conditions
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Song for a HatAuthor(s): Toi DerricotteSource: Callaloo, Vol. 24, No. 4, The Contemporary Diaspora: A Special 25th Anniversary Issue(Autumn, 2001), p. 996Published by: The Johns Hopkins University PressStable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/3300308 .
Accessed: 18/06/2014 15:31
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SONG FOR A HAT
by Toi Derricotte
when i put my hat on level i'm not doing it to hold my hair down i'm going out in a summer wind without excuses i'm a god setting the first boat on water
my hat is a large umbrella that carries the sky upside down my hat is a mean dog on a back
porch you better watch out for notice my hat on a hat rack looking empty have you seen how full it hums its flowers or recites the
rosary to its straw it is light- streams between woven night and the opposite
who can chart the way back to
language a woman in a hat has
already embarked
her hat gets there first then she does
hurrying to catch up
Callaloo 24.4 (2001) 996
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