VOODOO DOLL
VOODOO DOLL
VOODOO DOLL
Is it fair to prick my heart with arrows and sticks?
When I pick only love charms for thine
Sweet and soft pooka teddy bear brown
Don't be so cruel
Why do you growl and whine all the time
Whilst I suffer and whimper
Being a poor little voodoo waif doll
That like a crowbar
Opens boxes with surprises
And like a trowel
Buries the hatchet and bones
So be fair my love
So many teddies here in toy room cupboard
Frown instead of smile
When they see my tar smeared face
Amongst fudge faced teddy clowns
Pandas and polar bears
Way back north Antarctica
Stands nearby a wilted shy poppy of disgrace
A discarded voodoo doll!
O blimey me!
When you said you'd steal
A honey hive
From singing bees
"Buzzubb, Buzzubb, Buzzubb"
But instead of me
You gifted a spoonful
To Marie Fleur
A walkie-talkie dolly
With pink rosy cheeks
And golden curly locks
Why not me
Your voodoo doll
With scars upon my face
A patchwork tattered frock
Good grace! Don't you ever like beggar maids?
Why the marching soldier
From Kathleen's toy treasure chest
Marched right up to my
Hanging ornament
Saluting thence declared truce for war
Just seeing my pretty riddled face
With black sooty tar
Maybe he thought I was a flag post of "Victory"
That a steam engine way past chugged
Emitting black smoke and black clouds of puff
For a ragamuffin star
Of a battle-field
That before it commenced into a bloody war
Its armies and sergeants
Right at its frontiers
Ceased bombardments and firing
All because of me
A barricade to animosity
Wretched me!
At least I stood for truth
Amidst cruelty
Even the jack-in-the-box
Awoke right from his box
As he scared me right out of my wits
By pulling my threadbare wig
Just because some matted strand
Dreadlocks unfortunately stood out
Like hundred legs of a centipede
In a funny manner sprouted out here and there
As if it were pulled out
By an unruly scallywag
Even the horse champion Benny
I used to talk so much about
Thought I was a scullion maid
And refused to eat barley and sugar cubes
I'd keep especially for the happy crook
Now he grimaced
And looked so full with disgust
It just made me feel like a rebellious urchin
Child wanting some affection and love
Hope one day Voodoo doll
Rides her horse to the moon
A wish she made
A boon for many wayside travellers
If wishes were horses
Horse Benny would I fly upon
What about golliwog Gump
Golly me he was my only chum
He'd never hurt a fly
So how could he ever treat me bad?
He made me a huge plum cake
And frosting with stars, moons and snowflakes
Oh how I ate every crumb
He dished out
A shy wilted flower……
His dear Marigold!
He kept me like a treasure trove
Not even robbers could steal
He guarded me with love and ardours full with zeal
For he thought I looked supreme
His Pollyanna Voodoo flower doll shining strong
I even smelt like one "Toxopneustes roseus"
He gifted me the best sea urchin rose perfume
He named
"Sunset waif of sea side surf station"
I filled with sheer delight
A thorn amongst the blossoms
Stood up to cold and windy night
For he lit me candles with matches
To keep me warm
No more did I feel like a Voodoo doll
Selling matchsticks in matchboxes
For there were bright candles all around
The sand castle where
Poker faced golliwog Gump
Lit up my towering fortress strong
Whilst tender nit witted me
Delighted in his warm and loving companionship
Strong brawny sooty golliwog
Even bartered his shoes
To make me a bed full of roses
I even had a sea shell telephone
Now I sea urchin voodoo doll
Lived like a queen
With my golliwog lord Gump
Supremely in our peninsula
Surrounded by Arabian sea!