Paper dolls

Paper dolls

Cheap dreams

For a little girl

Cheap dreams

Of dresses aplenty 

Cheap dreams 

Of easy beauty

Cheap dreams 

Of orderly life

Cheap dreams 

Of idyllic families

Cheap dreams 

Of treasure galore

Cheap dreams

Of exotic adventures

Cheap dreams 

Of love stories

That crumbled too easily

A tear here and there

And the dream ended

The girl grew up

The paper dolls 

And their glossy lies

Were forgotten.

Lucette C. Bailliet 

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NaPoWrimo 2016

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