mannequins


Notes: this is probably one of my most analyzable poems.



when i was younger, i used to fear mannequins,

their haphazard grasp at humanity.

now, though, i pity them,

ill-fitting garments in yellow and misted blue,

uncanny valley in sandy beige, candy colours:

a grand feel of apathy on stage.

blank faces, little liked by lasting light,

i pity them. how must it be to be set out

for a purpose

with no choice of aught else?



back to writings