beloved ragdoll, why do you look at me
with such querulous eyes?
both buttons, the one
hangs off to the side.

where did you come from,
and where can you hide?

why don't you love me?
tell me: why so shy?

in the shadows, you hunger
in the sunlight, you tried.

stab! stab! stab!
the little puffs of cotton fall out
we watched the clouds bumble, humming
off over the horizon,
no, they never mattered...

only beating a ragdoll,
on high hills she splattered.

to the wastebin, for waste
is where you belong
and swallow your hell
be the job of my song