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Mannequin (draft) (Free verse) by Ranger
Perfect human sculpture
Vanity idolised
As you pose, waiting
For the imminent portrait
I will draw,
Joints and all
I can control your curves,
Your polished pine highlights
Yet those subtle postures
Of yours, I cannot master
My picture
An exact replica
Image of a flawed perfection
And I see it and weep
As anger grows
I shake you
Throw you
Hit you
Your neck twists
Limbs at broken angles
And with a crack
You snap back to life
Then you smile at me
Though you have no mouth
And I pick up my pencil
And draw
You have won
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