Playground
2008, revised 2010
"Doll House
You're empty now
They took away the GIs
And in the town
The clocks stopped
Hot wheels crashed
Her hands couldn't rock
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Reverence
At the front door
Time to fulfill, a new role
In a night gown
Pick his urn out
Defend the house
It's all on you now
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Pretty, pretty little boxes
You be Captain and Crown
But I don't want it!
Wanna go back to the playground
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Plastic embraces
In wooden spaces
Silence, in the green room
Only three walls
The rain came
Little ones
Couldn't lift the sand bags
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What will they say
When they discover -
There is no cross up
in this home
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What will they say -
When they discover -
Your sun-scorched garden
over-grown
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What will they say -
When they discover -
Your bread and wine have
gone to rot
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What will they say -
When they discover
That your pretty little box is not...
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Pretty, pretty little boxes
You be Captain and Crown
But I don't want it!
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Pretty, pretty little boxes
You be Captain and Crown
But I don't want it!
Wanna go back to the playground"
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- "Playground" (2008, revised 2010) by Kelly Alexandra Hoff