The Puppet

Nine oak fingers
Chipped yellow clogs
Fire red suspenders
Shaven blue trunks
Rusty squeaky knees
Nickel strings missing

Julio’s curled away
Inside Oscar’s bench
It lies underneath
A deflated football
Bent plastic bat
And torn quilts

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