Puppeteer, O Puppeteer
curved wrists
spread fingers
sharp nails
strings holding me up
i stand limp
arms down
knees bent inward
lifting my head to the movement of your middle finger
i look up
my wooden body incapable of tears
your menacing smile strikes me
i jerk to the left
i jerk to the right
i do a dance
a solo tango
until you get bored
and then drop me
a wooden body
makes a knocking echoing through the darkness
i hit the tile floor
the lights go out
you walk off
leaving me in utter darkness
my wooden corpse
empty
hollow
unfilled
voidfull
in place of tears
my skin cracks
preparing for a life in the dark