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"Doll Garden" by Melissa Pleckham

6/30/2023

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Photo by Elford Alley.
No flowers grow there, just glass eyes 
Glaring out of the dirt
The tops of their porcelain heads peeking
Through 
Babydoll submarines
Mouths full of mud
Limbs woven with weeds
Tiny fingers 
Tiny toes
Untouched
What secrets planted there?
What suffering
Can be inflicted 
On ones so small and still?
No little hearts to stop.
No graves
Save
For rocks and stones
Spilled like milk
Gone sour in a swollen breast
Untouched
Little babies 
Little lambs
Little dolls.
The dog has defecated here
The headstones have been disturbed
Defiled
The sacred ground made profane.
Nothing will grow.
Nine months
Then nine months
Then nine months
Ripped from the earth
Torn out and cast aside.
Whose secrets do you, dear ones,
Hide?

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Melissa Pleckham is a Los Angeles-based writer, actor, and musician. Her work has been featured in or is forthcoming from Rooster Republic Press, Flame Tree Fiction, Luna Luna, Mind's Eye Publications' The Vampiricon, Head Shot Press’ Bang! An Anthology of Noir Fiction, and more. She is a member of the Horror Writers Association. She also plays bass and sings for the garage-goth duo Black Lullabies. Find her online at melissapleckham.com or on social media at @mpleckham. 

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