Did you forget?

Tucked under a sweater

Not your favorite, but it used to be

In that box you never visit

In that corner you never think of

Covered in dust

and losing what lasts of me

You left me here

Did you forget?

Perhaps you had lost track of me back then?

Or had you been looking ever since?

Was I so replaceable?

Was I something not worth finding?

You would stay up all night looking for a pen

Not your favorite, but it used to be

Engraved _Ma Belle_

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But you left me here

Did you forget?

We used to stay up for hours

And your eyes were always searching for me

And your voice was always calling for me

And I lived for those few treasured moments

When you grabbed the other dollies

And commanded me into domestic life

And spoke worlds into me

_"Time to play house!"_ and _"You play the Mommy!"_

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Not your favorite, but I used to be

You left me here

Did you forget?

Or did you grow out of me?