Gallery of Pain: A Doll by jen jackson
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jen jackson
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Two sunken eyes, a knobby nose
Grimy hair; no pink little bows Her trunk is never decked in lace Dirt is caked upon her face Shaggy, tangled, porous mane By little scissored hands untrained Secrets behind dead lips are there Though cutting up her tongue, won't share When guts of truth slip through her seams No cotton ball can be redeemed Wishing stars fell to the sea Tear-stained cheeks, she turns to flee The edge it shimmers in the night To make the bearer feel alright The bottle rattles, no snakes behold Ingest to see the truth be told Fighting in her head she rasps Breathing shallow, worthless gasps Collapsed, a heap strewn on the ground Her life no longer makes a sound Close glassy eyes now hazed with fog Her judgment now belongs to God A pull-string doll stripped of her self Stole her faith, her love, her health Took her life into her hands Abandoned God and all of man Just because she could not see What her life was meant to be No child's miracle loving toy Never Grandma's garnish joy Not even dogs had fun with her All aloneness became a blur Felt she was nothing a god could mend She turned her back to be condemned |
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