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Come, Hang Your Hat

Updated: Apr 27, 2018


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Photographer Jenny Chapman, Paradigm Shift Studios



Come, Hang Your Hat

by E.E. Curtis



Come, hang your hat

Sit down for a chat

That scoundrel left you

Your kids are all brats


There’s plenty of hooks

Let’s talk about books

And when you get teary

Don’t worry ‘bout looks


Come, let me listen

I know that you’re missin’

Your friend who just died

Mom’s sweet apple pie


We’ll sip cold drinks

Don’t have to speak


The hats that have hung here

Have fit many a- head

Some who wished they were somethin’

Some who wished they were dead


We all need a friend

Who’ll love and not judge


Remember your hat on the way out the door

Come back anytime to hang it some more




About the artist:

Jenny Chapman

http://www.myparadigmshiftstudios.com/

Jenny is a photographer currently based out of North Carolina. Jenny believes that, "photography is artwork that tells a story."


I asked Jenny to be a featured artist for some of my shorts. I know her work and am always excited about her photos. I didn't expect to find this picture and be inspired to write from it. But the words just came, and interestingly, after I wrote this poem I realized that it optimizes our friendship. We may not have hung literal hats, but we've had many front porch chats.

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