Getting By



I get by on
Barely remembered sun cream
Occasional crayons
Sometimes hugs

Buttoned down
Laundry delivered wrinkled
Neat and tidy
Lies, served frozen
Ice cream half melted

Surface deep
Twice a day white
Stainless Smiles
No trace of
Cavities guilt deep

I imagine myself
Toy tiny
In her marble eyes
Forgettable