Monday, September 26, 2022

 —SOMETIMES THE CLOTHES DO NOT MAKE THE MAN

 

doll parts

 

everything I have 

is yours 

though it’s all 

worn or broken 

me a doll dismembered 

neck and limbs 

dislodged and dangling 

from the attic floor 

eyes upside down 

staring at you askance 

wondering why in hell 

you’d bother taking 

the stepladder up 

to save me when 

the kids are squalling 

and the house is on fire 

burning down 

the whole block


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