Thursday, August 14, 2008

Lament Of The Jewel-Box Ballerina

help I'm stuck in here
not even turning on a
doll's thin dime

what's she going to spend

it on, anyway


I guess you haven't gone

anywhere lately
requiring jewels so no one's
letting any light in here;

you just can't wear them to

pick up pork chops
but try to understand


my predicament:


it's stifling standing still

all day even if
you're dressed in tulle
besides I might forget

how to twirl and

then where would we be; it's
really dark in here;

the pearls are scaring me



they're gargantuan!

and I can't ward them off
with that one tinny, tiny tune
I can barely remember

Please!


OPEN THE LID!!!


mary angela douglas 23 july 2008

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