Mannequin Man

Clentin Martin 1946 (Greensburg,PA)



Is that me behind those plastic eyes
peering out over chrome and glass?

Are those my limbs that are
clinked together in such
permanent positions waiting
for someone to tap that hollow
leg or adjust that aching arm?

Is that me who has no mind to think
no voice to speak, no heart to feel?

Are those parts ready to be
dismantled by rough uncaring hands
hired to do a daily task?

Is that me who is becoming nothing
but neatly tagged pieces of what was
and what might be ?

Is that me Mannequin Man?

About this poem

Watched ss staff are dresses the various mannequins And decided to apply the same actions to myself

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Written on December 29, 2022

Submitted by Clentin on March 27, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme XX XXAXX XX BXX AXB X
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 499
Words 105
Stanzas 6
Stanza Lengths 2, 5, 2, 3, 3, 1

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