Emily knows
Just how to make friends
With a snip and a tuck
With precision she sews
With needle and thread
And button stitched eyes
Emily makes friends
That sometimes look dead
But that's how she loves them
Every last one
Bunnies and kitties
Becoming a trend
Stitches and fabric
A few nightmares
Rose petals and grapes
A shock of lightning static
Rain from a storm
And twenty computer chips
Matter and protons
A small book worm
Two heads are Stranger than one
Don't leave them with other toys
They'll smile when they dream
Of a world without sun
Piles and piles
In the basement down below
Cotton stuffing and thread
Stretching along for miles
So if you know best
Leave them alone
In their canisters
Sleeping without rest
© Mindy Aitken
