​Dani Cojo

Matryoshka

                                      -Published in VOICES 2011



Sitting on the wardrobe, collecting flecks of dust.
Stacking doll, stacking doll.
Russian grandmother's toy.
Little delicate babushka.

Stacking doll, stacking doll.
Carved of forest pine.
Little delicate babushka.
Let me open you up.

Carved of forest pine.
With your softly painted face.
Let me open you up.
See the miniatures within.

Sitting on the wardrobe, collecting flecks of dust.
With your softly painted face.
See the miniatures within.
Russian grandmother's toy.