Kentucky Derby Hats
Sadly
costumes do seem
to mitigate the disgust, I experience
when confronted with the obscene
examples of how our artificial constructs of
race, gender and class keep us separated.
The Kentucky Derby hats symbolize the
debauchery of those who proclaim
“Let them eat cake”
Yet truth be told I can easily
be seduced by these hats.
Wide brims, bright colors, the finest of feathers,
flowers and even fruit adorn.
Not the drinking or flaunting of wealth
The hats, so over the top that
In spite of myself I smile.
It is an opera in real time
The music of the hoofs, the drunken excitement ,
the palpable fear of win or lose all
sings out.
No high Cs or trills but I am still rendered
powerless to protest or withdraw.
As if an expensive well dress whore is not a whore and
I am not a willing John.
If pharmaceutical companies only realized
they would market Kentucky Derby hats.
Written May 4, 2019
Jimmy F. Pickett
coachpickett.org
Sadly
costumes do seem
to mitigate the disgust, I experience
when confronted with the obscene
examples of how our artificial constructs of
race, gender and class keep us separated.
The Kentucky Derby hats symbolize the
debauchery of those who proclaim
“Let them eat cake”
Yet truth be told I can easily
be seduced by these hats.
Wide brims, bright colors, the finest of feathers,
flowers and even fruit adorn.
Not the drinking or flaunting of wealth
The hats, so over the top that
In spite of myself I smile.
It is an opera in real time
The music of the hoofs, the drunken excitement ,
the palpable fear of win or lose all
sings out.
No high Cs or trills but I am still rendered
powerless to protest or withdraw.
As if an expensive well dress whore is not a whore and
I am not a willing John.
If pharmaceutical companies only realized
they would market Kentucky Derby hats.
Written May 4, 2019
Jimmy F. Pickett
coachpickett.org
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