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Mannequin Kisses

Poetry. (Yes, it’s weird. No, I don’t know either.)

Cee R.
Mar 21, 2024
Mannequin illuminated by a shaft of sunlight
Photo by Nareeta Martin on Unsplash (Is anyone else seeing Delores from The Umbrella Academy? Just me? OK.)

It’s not quite a paralysis
But a creeping floating kind of kiss
The kind that always makes you sick
And are these fingers, legs, arms, yours?
Or did you borrow them
From a mannequin
The kind you used to get lost in
And divert your eyes
Every time
You passed the window display
In case they remembered your face

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Cee R.
Cee R.

Written by Cee R.

Writer, poet, (book) blogger @ dorareads.co.uk , Queer, weird, & a tad peculiar. Bookish rebel. Welsh as a tractor on the M4. Buy me a coffee @ ko-fi.com/ceearr

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