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Kindergarten TIMEOUT (Fly me to the moon)

by Hagai Magai Busty alphabet letters Wave from the yellow wall Pale blue waves of innocence See only the green of graveyards Yet In that sea of innocent smiles Lies a gloomy island, drained of life Specks of sadness crown its Earflap Sacred land; the tooth fairy Must have Left no footstep on its lawn; “Mzeru,” I asked you a question: What do you want to be When you are grown up?   (Silence)   Be a good girl Dry your cheeks, you are too big For shedding tears Tell, Sister Sue   (Silence)   Did someone slap you? Eat your apple? Do you have a headache? Do you feel pestles hitting Inside the walls of your head?   (Silence)   Who is scaring you? Whisper it to me Sealed lips Are the devils workshop Talk to me, Or the devil will burn all your toys in hell.” Abandoned acrobatic lego’s Yawn into sleep on a pair of cold arms Eyes behind pale commas of tears See graveyards in anything