Music Box

• Artist: Roses Are Red x3
• Description: A piece I wrote for creative writing class months ago. It will be submitted in the school magazine :)
  
  (my shift button wasn't broken, there is nothing capitalized on purpose)
• Date: 05/07/2011
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her legs are
saplings
fresh in spring

she buds
and bears
a toughened
flower

white petals
like bells
peal down
her waist

a slipper
sheaths
a sword
her pointed foot

one arm raised
her eyes do follow
small black things
like grounded pepper

second arm stiff
but loose the same
clasps her side
and waits

beneath her feet
gears do stir
with gentle cuffs
they wake

memorized steps
to a wistful tune
her body turning
round a point

until the stage
closes in
bends her back
and lays her flat

here
she'll wait
for an encore