made of the coughed up bits from the bottoms of drawers

cats eye marble, toy car,
paper clip and yo-yo,

tumble jack and fairy fire
doll parts, magic and fuzz.

lost game pieces and loose ends of memories gelled into something that seems like me,

dragging myself into a puppet of forgotten junk

force force forcing open the toy chest lid, spilling the chinese checkers and trouble and risk as it creaks open only to OWWW it slams back down on my twangy leg and i dangle, twisting, right foot bound but my left foot free, red pants blue coat yellow shoes are me!

the pain of my squashed slinky limb
made me know what it is to be alive.