The Dummy

THE DUMMY He threw his voice O U T a teeny glasses wise G U Y his head shifts left & right and bobs up and down with laughter to the 1 story doll in the box the ventriloquist seems to be a dummy with no mind of his own the doll is nervous will his act be all that cold sugar-bean fingers snap into his skull the actor drinks water as the doll waves and undulates in song the dolls huge eyes shifty, it starts to clamor for applause the sudden shift in the ventriloquist’s tone sends shivers down to the doll’s toes the doll’s become the pawn of the dummy sore afraid to return to his cardboard prison more afraid still as the new doll, Marilyn, steals the show, show’n a little leg and shoulder and the ventriloquist whispers into his ear the horrors of not performing to his standard hence he whispers to the magician, begging a disappearance act. the audience laughs. 6/17/2018 Contest: The Ventriloquist