Pillows and Decapitation by Colette

Pillows
A puffy cloud

That has fallen down to earth

 That has seen so many dreams

That comes out after dark

To do its job

To put us to sleepDecapitation

Peacefully playing

With not a care in the world

Suddenly

A broken toy

Shatters the silence

The small girl breaks

Into relentless sobs

A preoccupied mother

Scoops her up

And plops her down outside

With the doll’s head

And a pair of scissors

She says, “Give her a haircut.”

And goes back inside

Suddenly filled with delight

The small girl chops away

Until there is nothing left to cut

5 comments ↓

#1 natecgjh on 05.02.08 at 11:30 am

this poem made me feel like I was there

#2 stu016 on 05.06.08 at 12:10 pm

weird story

#3 Anna on 05.07.08 at 2:04 pm

hey this is a really awesome poem !!
you really cought my attention with the title!
anna!!!!

#4 Courtney on 05.07.08 at 2:06 pm

I really like the pillows poem! It is really creative and clever :)
Courtney

#5 Kelsey Boo on 05.07.08 at 2:22 pm

Wow Colette you really put thought into your poem! I like how you are almost like telling a short story of a little girl and her toy! I get 100% what you are talking about! It has many descriptive ords! And that is totally what a little girl will do to her doll! Well done it is a very good poem i like it alot!

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