Carl Wilhelmson, Swedish
Poppy Hated Hat Hair, So She Scrounged Up a Few Electromagnets and Created “The Hoverhat,” ca. 1910s
Oil on canvas
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/// The new hairdo of Miss Agnes Cleve
used extensions you wouldn’t believe.
And the reason is that
they’re kept under her hat.
It’s a stiff horsehair, twelve inch high weave.
/// Her straw hat keeps the sun off her face.
(A red sunburnt nose could cause disgrace,)
It’s positioned right there
by her mass of long hair
and securely well-pinned into place.
/// It’s a time-honored comic-art trope:
A hat flies off the head of some dope,
seeming to hover there
without aid, in mid-air,
when things happen and he cannot cope.
/// That’s when physical laws are defied;
thrust and gravity both set aside.
In old-time comic strips,
hover–hats (a lid flips)
when the wearer’s shocked or stupified.
/// True, that comic strip cliché depends
on the prevalence of fashion trends.
Back when such hats were worn
many weren’t yet born,
so that gag one in ten comprehends.
// Poppy’s ill-fitting hat is the worst,
and the friend who had lent it, she cursed.
Should have been more insistent
that magician’s assistant
had removed the large live rabbit first.