31 August 2005 | Vol. 5, No. 2

The Dead Dolly

by MARGARET VANDERGRIFT

You needn't be trying to comfort me,

I tell you my Dolly is dead!

There's no use in saying she isn't

With a crack like that in her head.

It's just like you said it wouldn't hurt much

To have my tooth out that day,

And then when the man most pulled my head off

You hadn't a word to say.

And I guess you must think I'm a baby

When you say you can mend it with glue,

As if I didn't know better than that;

Why, just suppose it was you!

You might make her look all mended,

But what do I ca