paper doll

Paper doll, how'd your face get so flat?
Your cheeks hollow nor sunken
just flat
Eyes without dimension

Where'd your thoughts go?

Further from dead
there's no definition
in your body or head.

Were all the feathers once ruffled
from your dutiful corpse.

Where'd your shine go?


The modern face of materialism has more color
and still
you hold no coin purse

Did you watch your muse walk away
unable to move a brittle bone
nor muscle

Were you unable to talk your walk
so hid in the shadow

The pencil line of mouth
no hint of smirk
smile
or
sad

And some how the flatness
appears an antagonist

Where'd your laughter go?

If I cut you into strips
and form you to 3D
will you don a little suave something
just to be?

Or did it all pass you by
no planets afflicted
nor a cloud in your sky

Where'd you paste your vision?

Further from lifeless
all to wonder is
are there more of you?

Where?
some flat
emotionless
paper doll's
sad
town