Friday, April 16, 2004

Toybox Ballerina
Spinning sweetly
to my theme:
"Let dead dogs lie,
let dead dogs lie."

She bids me climb
the moon.
each step on toe
pointed
in satin and sheep.

Shed my plastic
and springs
to emerge a
velvet and tulle
life-size Barbie.

"We dead girls lie,
we dead girls lie."

*bettie* at 3:30 PM