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Let's trade hats. finders*keepers
by Elizabeth JillLet's trade hats.
You go first.
What was it like
to be a child in Kabul?
I want to know
the secretest thing
you ever did.
Were you shy inside?
did your curiosity
meet its match?
Is this the place you found
your lovely lifting laugh?
Oh, Child of Kabul, when
did you really really realize
that you were in-between two cultures?
Right then? or later on? or yet still?
I'm so positive that a deep part of you
lives forever there, else, how could you
bring Afghanistan to me?
I hardly know where
to find you sometimes,
this, even when
you are right
[write] here!
I hope you'll never run out of words,
I hope you'll pour your stories into me
forever and always again and again.
I hope you'll write a book
(and give the first copy to me!)
I want to wear your hat,
to feel what you feel,
as I laze so easy inside our friendship
and place your hat, tipping in its eloquence,
shading me like your one-of-a-kind leafy tree.
I might not give it back, you know,
it belongs where it belongs!
finders*keepers!
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bareh rafriqu as mon, Mara
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Jill 11/27/2005 Author's Note: ;)
Posted on 11/27/2005
Copyright © 2024 Elizabeth Jill
| Member Comments on this Poem |
| Posted by Steven Kenworthy on 11/30/05 at 06:49 AM i loved this poem for the fact that you've done such a wonderful job of capturing the idea that a hat...which sits on top of the head & rests on the brain can take on the strong identity of one person. here you bring this person into the living room for us to meet them and at the same time carry on a fantastically real & delightful conversation with them. sharing cultures is so gorgeous...so well written. |
| Posted by Mara Meade on 12/01/05 at 11:14 PM Finders/keepers indeed. To think that so much can be found and shared under one brim... even bees in a bonnet ;] ;] ;]. (Couldn't resist...) |
| Posted by Charles E Minshall on 01/18/06 at 06:08 AM My hats off to you for this poem Jill....Charlie |
| Posted by Chris Sorrenti on 05/23/06 at 02:19 PM Fine tribute to a worthy kindred soul, and one of my favourite drinking buddies...at least spiritually. :o) |
| Posted by Junemarie Roldan on 07/14/06 at 12:53 AM A great write. Catchy and vivid. |
| Posted by David R Spellman on 07/23/06 at 01:03 PM Indeed a wonderful tribute to one of my personal favorites... and what an interesting idea to play with - the exchange of roles and to be able to experience another's essence for a while. Excellent! |
| Posted by Meghan Helmich on 07/22/08 at 02:22 PM this is really creative. i wish i could have a friend with that much to offer. i feel like i'm so ignorant of other cultures. now all i want to know is how this poem has never been POTD, and yet, the ones i see so often have nothing on this. you've got my vote, liz. |
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