Natalie, Those Children Are Calling For You
Copyright (c) 1994, Daniel Sendecki
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Natalie, those children are calling for you
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Natalie, those children are calling for you
those smiling eyes
those unlined faces
Innocence is excusable
        Eyes cannot shine forever against
what I know
        Children crack
like porcelain dolls
and babies grow raggedy-
limp from hunger
        I stand on your front step
like a puppet-master
of broken marionettes
hoping that you never will see
a rotten limb
a knotted fist
a painted grimace
        Leave me here, please
Natalie could you please go inside and close the door
leave me to clean up these broken pawns
these limp strings

