Chris Mooney-Singh
Child Hats, (19th Century China)
Little Merchant

Rat
hat,
you are
worn to teach
thrift and avarice
to an abacus brain. Hoarder
of rice cakes and goji berries with eyes that grow big
with numbers, it's clear you will join
your savvy pa – he
who eats one
duck egg
per
day.