Jayne Eggins Poet Blank verse

Paperdoll

I waited as
she ran across walls
of separation,
watching both sides pull
and tear at skirts
made of paper flowers


each wanting a piece
just a smidgen


with her back 
against a wall
of cardboard parquetry,
ever watching for usurpers
in an entrusting look
that passed behind 
her eyes,
given away
the spark of fear
that followed it


paranoia?


or just a good old fashioned
gut feeling …


~~~~~


Shes swinging her legs
from one side to
another,
and her hands fumble
in tearing off,
infinitesimal fibers of being


her gut feeling gone,
with the last skein of
paper fluttering on the fence
 
~~~~~


I look down and watch my feet
sliding,
from side
to side

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