stop
time for
one more moment and
let me lay
on the floor of my stomach
for another year or two

( or three, four, ten...)

so completely;
so worthless

i hear her echo
in my head
the sound of my own
(crackled and dry) voice
reminding me
of what this paper-doll
feels like
without someone
to pull
to pull
her strings.

04/07/2002

Posted on 04/07/2002
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