October Leaf 93 Poems by Teen/Young Adult Author Jean-Thomas Cullen at Galley City

42. BACK STREET BLUES

I know a man on Back Street
who keeps a shop for broken dolls
and he loves to make them
of paper mache
and he loves to keep them
when they break

no one ever hears him speak
stays in his shop all week
with his armless dolls
all hanging on the walls
Poor little man he whispers
like he had no voice

but at night I can’t sleep
I hear him weep
I hear him in the attic room
waiting for the dream coach
to come and take the brideless groom
to some dollhouse church
where dreams of love come true

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