The Manhattan Hat Man,
he has a wee shop –
a storefront near Carnegie Hall.
The Manhattan Hat Man
sells ball caps to top-
hats and Panamas – he’s got them all.
The Manhattan Hat Man
sells hats with a twist –
a challenge, a folly, a game –
If you wear his hat
back-to-front, he’ll insist
that backwards you must say his name.
For “Manhattan Hat Man”
spelled backwards-to-front
is not palindromic – not quite.
And “Nam Tah Nattahnam,”
that tongue-twisting stunt,
brings this haberdasher delight.
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