A Red Hat
A dark grey, a very dark grey, a quite dark grey is monstrousordinarily, it is so monstrous because there is no red in it. If red isin everything it is not necessary. Is that not an argument for any useof it and even so is there any place that is better, is there any placethat has so much stretched out.
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A Red Hat is in the public domain. This text is taken from Tender Buttons: Objects, Food, Rooms, Project Gutenberg ebook #15396; the transcription's header, footer and licence were removed and nothing else was changed. You may copy, print and reuse it freely.
Cite as: Gertrude Stein, A Red Hat, in Tender Buttons (1914), text of Project Gutenberg ebook #15396, Laurel, https://laurelpoetry.com/poem/stein-tender-buttons/objects-a-red-hat.html, id L28645.
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