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Elsa Korneti [Greece]

    Bearing Humanity’s Pain I stand amazed And look at me Turned into what I always dreamed of Slow and steady of step Faithful servant of law and order Dogged follower of the straight and narrow I freeze into my assigned position Rusty of joint I struggle to pick myself up when I fall A key bores obstinately into my back Never one to complain I endure all without a word Steely of sensibility Dead of tongue I throw myself on the mercy Of those who scourge me, those who break me Those who beat me, those who reject me Just this, let it suffice me To be remembered now and forever For that which I always dreamed of For that which I have become A little Wind-up Man                                     Doll House   When you were just a young ‘un you played hide and seek with dolls for fun and that’s how one fine day you ran...