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Mannequin
August 6, 2011
So you, mannequin,
stone-faced with your cool pallor,
industrially-manufactured lips
(careful not to kiss; they have poison)
oh, you mannequin,
you have mutated my own image,
twisted with your carved proportions
and your painted eye
lashes and your blank expression.
You have no openings or doors,
no slit for your mouth or the wonderful
pipes of your ears or
other places to peek and search
to find the soul inside you.
© Stephanie C., Gaithersburg, MD
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This article has 3 comments.
claudiathewho SILVER said...
on Aug. 14 2011 at 12:26 pm
Thanks again, Blue! Haha, I saw the picture and new it was perfect.
Blue4indigo PLATINUM said...
on Aug. 13 2011 at 5:47 pm
A little creepy... but a great poem nonetheless (the picture fits so perfectly)
