Plush
from the series Velvet Soldiers
your touch is velvet
creamy, delicate
you mold into precisely what i need
to sooth me into
my unconscious self-deception

i toss and turn
you are marooned on the floor
left to your own devices
and deprived of dreams

when i return to the world,
i non-chalantly gather you
...and your broken dreams...
and return you
to my selfish berth
only to leave you there
while i steal the world

motionless you remain
patiently playing the role
of the puppy
you'll always be to me
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