Today is day nine in the City of Refuge 30-day Poem-a-Thon. Here’s my entry.
Sun Hat
From the closet each April I retrieve my most
valiant protector, a woven oval
of straw, a simple band of blue fabric
its only flourish. Not all heroes are
flashy with a complicated backstory.
Sometimes a quiet, stolid presence provides
the most effective aid, and I have learned the pain
of disregarding this fact.
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Nomadic Noesis 