plastic lips are sealed with glue
hide swallowed teeth in sealed balloons
count their limbs - we stop at two
'what you don't hurt can know you'

they watch with blank view hidden blue
as sexless children melted moons

les jeunes filles les jeunes filles
their arms and legs can be regrown
tiny limbs without a bone
blurs in photographs. unknown
les jeunes filles les jeunes filles
floating voices without tone
send their thoughts into my phone
their whispers lurk beneath the drone
les jeunes filles qui dansent sur l'eau.

paint and marbles fill their spoons
a hollow tooth in mouths you knew
we count their limbs and stop at two
'what you don't hurt can know you'

kids are little. lost balloon
as plastic children melted. glue.