Friday, January 25, 2008

4 - Mamma Liked Me Best

Under that deep bowl of fluorescent sky
we washed our hands
hair combed
fingernails perfect
and marched
in smiling unison off that
Kewpie doll assembly line
towards the dining room table
Place cards
like those information tags at the zoo:
Homo sapiens, mother and young habitat suburbia
told us who we were
what our habits
likes and dislikes
were
as we shined for the crowd
dancing for peanuts

Copyright 2008 Linda M. Davies