21 September 2013

FALL THINGS #2 // poet vagabond hats


I FOUND THIS HAT ON ELIZABETH ST.

IT'S BLACK WOOL AND  FOLDS INTO 
A SMALL DRAW-STRING CASE,
SOLVING ALL TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES.

IT'S CALLED "POET" AND IT REMINDS ME OF:

STEPPING OFF A STEAM TRAIN 

WITH AN OLD TRUNK IN AN UNKNOWN COUNTRY

IN-TRANSIT TO WHERE?


YOU WERE SUPPOSED TO MEET SOMEONE

AT THE PLATFORM BUT YOU WERE NEVER

GIVEN A NAME


AND SO YOU SIT ON THE PLATFORM BENCH

WATCHING THE TRAINS GO BY

[YOU OPEN A COMPACT AND TOUCH UP YOUR LIPSTICK]


THINKING TO YOURSELF:
THE PAST IS GONE

AND YOU SMILE JUST A LITTLE BIT.

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