It wanted to stand on its own,
that straw scarecrow
with square pink patches
sewn into its cheeks
to resemble rosy mirth.
It never failed to smile
that black, thinly stitched smile
enhanced by round blue eyes,
that each have a small white dot
painted near the right of its pupil
to mimic a soul’s glimmer.
From Southern California, Jacqueline Cleaveland works as a staff writer for a local university.
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