On A Whirl
Oh no! I hear her shoes! Today she has the Mary Janes and probably her twirly dress. She’ll want to dance and…..
Oh god! The lights, and now I’m unbending.
Ow!! Ow! Ow! Damn but that pulls my back but it does feel good to stand up and stretch and..
Wait! She’s going to wind me up, I just know it.Here we go, around and around and around.
Does she have any idea how dizzy this makes me? If I had inside plumbing I’d be tossing my cookies right about now. And that damn song over and over and over. What IS that melody? Nobody ever told me what is was but I hear it incessantly in my head. Talk about an ear worm.
Ah. Finally I’m winding down. Maybe she’ll just….
Nope. Here we go again. The room is really spinning and she’s twirling around like an idiot. Will she ever get old enough to just forget about me? It’s my only hope. Tucked away somewhere in a closet, forgotten in a drawer, gidden in an attic. Please make the time go by. Please. I’m
just
so
tired……