the room smelled so
suddenly of my grandmother
cigarettes doused in perfume
--cover the smoke
my jaw is shaped like hers:
a protuberance of chin on a face
{the bump of a curly bracket}
in her split level cottage,
a home away from home,
I made
little tea set memories
positioned in pastel houses
“I’m a lady,” I told her,
only dolls for witnesses.
smell the similarities of our faces.
hints of cigarette perfume
emanating from the pores
in my plastic doll skin
Jul 24, 2013
Jul 24, 2013 at 9:34 PM UTC
the room smelled so
suddenly of my grandmother
cigarettes doused in perfume
--cover the smoke
my jaw is shaped like hers:
a protuberance of chin on a face
{the bump of a curly bracket}
in her split level cottage,
a home away from home,
I made
little tea set memories
positioned in pastel houses
“I’m a lady,” I told her,
only dolls for witnesses.
smell the similarities of our faces.
hints of cigarette perfume
emanating from the pores
in my plastic doll skin
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