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Volume XLV

2020 Poetry Backpage

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March 30, 2020

Hat

March 30, 2020/ Roanoke Review

The hat on my head wants to jump off the cliff each time the wind rises.
It wants to pour the darkness down its throat, into its belly.
It wishes to hold the small fate of a blade of grass in its arms.
It does not want to be worshipped by me.

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