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
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
Pretty, pretty little boxes
You be Captain and Crown
But I don't want it!
Wanna go back to the playground
Plastic embraces
In wooden spaces
Silence, in the green room
Only three walls
The rain came
Little ones
Couldn't lift the sand bags
What will they say
When they discover -
There is no cross up
in this home
What will they say -
When they discover -
Your sun-scorched garden
over-grown
What will they say -
When they discover -
Your bread and wine have
gone to rot
What will they say -
When they discover
That your pretty little box is not...
Pretty, pretty little boxes
You be Captain and Crown
But I don't want it!
Pretty, pretty little boxes
You be Captain and Crown
But I don't want it!
Wanna go back to the playground"
- "Playground" (2008, revised 2010) by Kelly Alexandra Hoff