Babushka : Doll

They called me 'Matryoshka'

Little Matron

Matron: noun

: a woman marked by dignity / distinction.

Matron: noun

: a female

animal kept for breeding.

: noun

: person, place, or thing?

none:

(nun?)

noun:

Narn . Marn . Marm

bundled up rightly in tightly spun yarn.

Soft supple fabrics, perfected for touching.

Holding.

Swaddling

"for safety"

in savoury layers.

(saviorly?)

Oh!

So tightly!

Too tightly,

all around myself.

Oh.

Bandaged in canopic patchwork

to embalm in my own being

"and think about what you've done"

beneath the wonders of mankind.

Once, they called me 'Matryoshka'

I am not so little now.

There is more of me

Moor :

than before of me.

My dignity's stripped,

my distinction is peeling;

revealing the rough grain beneath.

Unsealing each layer

"Yes!"

willingly,

killing each version

(virgin?)

finally, to be seen.

Now, they call me Babushka

Babushka: now : noun

1. a kerchief for the head

2. an elderly woman; grandmother.

A crown

A crone

Both meant to be worn

all around myself.

Oh.

Plastered in cathartic past selves

to preserve my sense of meaning

and think about who I've been

beneath the wonder of mankind.

'Once', they called me.

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