[Ragdoll man]
Ragdoll man
Was cobbled together
to be toyed with
But has character
And is given nearly twice as much
By his puppet master
Ragdoll man
Was sewn with love
To be adored
But is abandoned
And ignored forevermore
By the grown up children
Ragdoll man
Was cotton stuffed
To be warm and human
But remains cold
And inanimate and not much of a thing
By our higher standards
But if being's here to perish
And creation can't exist,
Then why is my bed so fine
And my teddy dearly missed?
Published in Roosevelt Review of Art and Writing, fall 2019
Was cobbled together
to be toyed with
But has character
And is given nearly twice as much
By his puppet master
Ragdoll man
Was sewn with love
To be adored
But is abandoned
And ignored forevermore
By the grown up children
Ragdoll man
Was cotton stuffed
To be warm and human
But remains cold
And inanimate and not much of a thing
By our higher standards
But if being's here to perish
And creation can't exist,
Then why is my bed so fine
And my teddy dearly missed?
Published in Roosevelt Review of Art and Writing, fall 2019