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'Paper Doll'

By SweetSadness86

Topics: Poetry Source: AllPoetry Original source

Would you like me better if I read the Wall St. Journal? Would you like me better if I were Daddy's little girl? Would you like me better if I gave you free reign over all? Stop trying to make me your perfect paper doll Would you like me better if I had no Black friends, Asian friends, good friends? Would you like me better if I wore frilly white dresses, had long golden tresses,                  and I never made a sound? Would you like me better if I gave you free reign over all? Stop trying to make me your perfect paper doll Would you like me better if I stayed 4 years old forever? Would you like me better if I were at your beck and call I would like myself better If you didn't think of me as your paper doll So stop trying to make me your perfect paper doll Written November 14th, 2001 © on Nov 14 2001 08:32 AM PST   18 • 0 • 10

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