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Dead Man’s Hat

(for the Boscastle Busker)


He sings
like it's the most 
natural thing,
raises a glass 
and raises his voice
from some kind 
of magic within.
 
All the chatter 
dies away,
the pub is silent
when he sings,
until the chorus
when they all join in.
 
He's most himself 
when he sings—
in a dead man's hat
that came to him
full of love and loss,
worn to bring
memories to life, 
only when he sings.



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