“Crafting”
When the little girl ruined
her grandma’s floral pillow
It was taken apart by the scissors
Renewed by the sewing machine
and shaped by the stuffing
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The stain that was made
by a stray blue marker
was turned into a sigil
A mistake made a charm
on the teddy bear’s stomach
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“Crafting” photo is titled “Old Teddy Bear” and was photographed by George Hodan
“Doll-face”
The egg had a doll-face
Porcelain and round
Smoothed to perfection
Not a crack all around
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She drew lips
from strawberries
//
Sketched eyes
where it had been blind
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Made hair from yarn
and played with it
in the park
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Up until fall
The fall
caused by a shove
from
her brother
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Who only saw eggs as eggs
and girls as wrong
