THE DOLL HEAD HAS EYES

                                 THAT ARE CLOSED,

BUT ONLY   WHEN

YOU    LOOK      AT       THEM.

THE DOLLHEAD  WHO  KNOWS

 

HOW TO SEE YOU  BUT     ONLY    WHEN

                                                                    THE    MOON  IS   RED

 

 

THE DOLL HEAD HAS  A  CROWN  OF  CANDLES          MADE OF GLASS

                                                                                         IN THE SHAPES OF   DEAD   FISH

                                                                                                               THAT   BUBBLE  UP

 

BUT

           BENEATH    THE DOLLHEAD

                                                        IS  A   METAL  HOOK

 

                              THAT

                     SWINGS

                                THIS

                       WAY

                                &

                     THAT

 

                                    AND      AS        SHE

 

                                             OPENS

                                                          HER

                                                                 EYES

 

  

            THE          NIGHT          WATCHMAN           SLOWLY              WALKS

 

 

                                                         BY

 

more poems from Frank                                                                © 2001 Frank Simone