Canned laughter plays
in the background, cascading
in a nostalgic pointing back
Enjoy being a child
when you can, they told me,
hold on to the plastic figures
How I would arrange them, telling
small cinematic stories, articulating
poses, playing music
Real human beings are not so
easy to arrange, and whimsy
went away a while ago.
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