it's the pink linen napkins on the pink linen tablecloth
on the drop leaf living room table
we want for our very own doll house
the sweet microcosm
little dabs of elderberry jam
the tiny bone china cups
so rose endowed to go with
who cares if the big dolls do not fit
and will seem monstrous next to their
smaller compatriots
we'll just have apricot tortes
and lemon things
out on the lawn
just like a scene from Henry James
elegantly, under the trees
with the complicated shadows
small finger sandwiches
hot tea still steaming
from Grandmother's silver service
she'll have to put on her eye glasses
to see.
mary angela douglas 17 july 2018
on the drop leaf living room table
we want for our very own doll house
the sweet microcosm
little dabs of elderberry jam
the tiny bone china cups
so rose endowed to go with
who cares if the big dolls do not fit
and will seem monstrous next to their
smaller compatriots
we'll just have apricot tortes
and lemon things
out on the lawn
just like a scene from Henry James
elegantly, under the trees
with the complicated shadows
small finger sandwiches
hot tea still steaming
from Grandmother's silver service
she'll have to put on her eye glasses
to see.
mary angela douglas 17 july 2018
