lifelike 

i am a pretty good replica of a person.
the sculpture garden is full
of deer. i walk with my lower-case face
on asking for someone's login information.
the television knows my address.
it knows my bite mark. you tell me
i am a wonderful paper doll. 
folding the tabs over my shoulders
to put me in your favorite 2-d dress.
a new video game lets you hit & run.
i fool myself sometimes. look in the mirror
& leave fogged breath on the glass.
there is a moose in the bath tub. there are
quails laying their speckled dreams 
inside my chest. the difference between
a bomb & an egg is what's inside.
i found a model universe & swallowed it.
keys under your tongue. a pearl 
that only shows you the reflection
of your mother. my parents were poured
from wax. puddled & sticky in the summer.
don't take my picture. i am having
a vampire day. spare teeth in the glove box.
i can pull it together when i need to.
so lifelike you think i am really a daughter.
smile. a boy on his bicycle asks,
"are you a girl?" i say, "no" & run away
before he sees me for the doe i am.
trotting on toothpicks. held together
with marshmallows & terror.