A Toy

There was a toy
flip-flop odd eyes
in thrift dress leather holey shoes
it had no other changes
bare face
only laughing it knew
for any jobs a man did to it

There was a toy
that walking itself hamlet to hamlet
such boredom ruled its world
searching some touch
from dusk till down

There was a toy
played manually in the morning
it was upgraded some years later
to be operated automatically in the evening
when the sun goes shy
and the night slows a man's walk
crawling onto its belly


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