Pretty Paperdoll

The pretty paper doll rests upon

the cherry nightstand. She is untouched

and awaiting some little fingers. She has

her pretty costumes and her sweet desires

are played out on the page. The Housewife

is a vision from a novel called Lustful Evangelean.

Her author created her in a story that took

two years in the making. The housewife evolved

from her haunted character and developed into

a sweet paper doll. She is clad in her bikini and

waits for her turn to play.

Suddenly a young girl with brown hair and ponytails,

picks up her pristine and lovingly done page. She

grabs the little orange scissors and starts to cut her out.

The little girl is excited to pretend and

to create a world that is endless in her mind.

Little Lucy, finishes cutting her out and cuts out her

costume. She smiles to herself and decides to call

her doll Scarlett. Lucy is happy to spend a quiet hour

to play out her childhood dreams.

Pretty paper dolly breathes life into the thin paper

that once was nothing but a blank page.

Jennifer Jo Fay

Copyrighted October 21, 2011