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The prompt at Robert Lee Brewer’s Poetic Asides today is to use a child’s toy as the title and go from there. Here’s one of mine.
Dollhouses
Carefully she laid
the handkerchief
embroidered with
purple violets
over the tiny
jewelry box
her eyes seeing
a rich sofa
for her dark-haired
Margot doll
underneath the chair,
a living room
for dolls to feel
safe in.
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Carefully she placed
the pillow
covered in floral
fabric
in the corner of
the couch
then stepped back
to view it
Pretty places
pretty spaces,
playing house
had always made
her feel
safe.
the lies in our bones 
Ahhh! that’s it! Pretty places, pretty spaces make me feel safe too. Thanks for defining that for me!
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