CREATIVE WorRKS

 

Little Stuffed ‘
Dinosaur

Morgan Hannah
Life & Style Editor

Little stuffed dinosaur made of patches,
Sitting innocently on the edge of my desk.
Your beady little black eyes stare into mine,
Your sewn-on smile sits just a little crooked.

A long patch of blue down your throat and onto your tummy,
Paisley purple flanks the blue on either of your sides.
The top of your head is orange, a small printed flower as your crown.
Three out of four of your legs are like mismatched socks,
The third one is all teal.

Little stuffed dinosaur made of patches,

I wonder what your life must have been like before me.
Sitting helplessly behind a glass display case.

Or maybe you liked it there,

Surrounded by all the other patchwork animals.

You are, however, a dinosaur.

And they were sock monkeys, dogs, elephants, and giraffes.
A dinosaur doesn’t exactly fit in.

So now you sit innocently on the edge of my desk.
Your beady little black eyes stare into mine.

Your sewn-on smile sits just a little crooked.

And I imagine that you're happy,

Sitting in your mismatched socks.