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China Doll
How do you live with lilac cream-thick in the air
and cushioned surfaces obscuring dangerous angles,
tea sets shuttered behind white ceramic handles
and molded trays shaped like where silverware belongs?
And do you feel confined, and do you feel condemned,
And do you taste the green apple on the dish-soap label?
Does the china take the opportunity to caress you back
when you clink the saucer up atop the stack?
Would you recognize yourself fogged in by fumes
and sunken into the diesel world of inopportune corners,
uncomfortable chairs and narrow corridors
blown open by the steel elephant in the room?
And would you be confused, and would you be contrite,
And would you recognize me on the track?
And if you saw the question written on my face,
Would you say something, or just gawk in place?
How do you live with lilac cream-thick in the air
and cushioned surfaces obscuring dangerous angles,
tea sets shuttered behind white ceramic handles
and molded trays shaped like where silverware belongs?
And do you feel confined, and do you feel condemned,
And do you taste the green apple on the dish-soap label?
Does the china take the opportunity to caress you back
when you clink the saucer up atop the stack?
Would you recognize yourself fogged in by fumes
and sunken into the diesel world of inopportune corners,
uncomfortable chairs and narrow corridors
blown open by the steel elephant in the room?
And would you be confused, and would you be contrite,
And would you recognize me on the track?
And if you saw the question written on my face,
Would you say something, or just gawk in place?