a word that means effigy without
the destruction lying there at rest
a word that goes beyond model
maybe a kind of mannequin
my dreams are full of mannequins
coming to life for just a moment
to motion to me then wooden
again like something in the snow
far far away from here a dirty
cabin in a dusty sky, sooty
snow, piles of logs, something
sad inside and down the road
in the old hills the brown
wooden person, so small and
forgotten that we have to stand
still for a moment, right now
I have to stand still to think
of this doll, really, is what
it is until I can slide back
and here I am again, yours
I can talk, reckon, comply,
abandon, wither, listen, repeat,
forgo, stall, repair and hope
this can take place without me
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