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The Geisha Doll

  • Dec 24, 2025
  • 1 min read

A little hoodlum steals the geisha doll

In Chinatown, a place she likes to go.

They will not notice her being so small

Or miss the doll dressed in a kimono.

She zips her jacket running “GO GIRL GO!!!

‘BE AS FEARLESS AS THUNDER!!! RUN AWAY!!!

The storekeeper tries to follow. He is slow…

A block behind she hears him yelling “HEY!”

But she can ride the subway on her own

Sticking a silver token in the slot

And pulls the doll out, finally alone

Until she hides it in her secret spot

To play with when nobody is around

To love her as her mother never could

And take a beating if the doll is found

Losing the last days of her childhood.

 
 
 

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