Trove

by Dale Going

Collage Art by Marie Carbone

a celluloid scotty
on the cellar floor

and from the oak drawer
of my father’s rented desk

the thick light plastic links
of a charm bracelet

jaunty in red and black
as a cartoon car

I wanted test tubes
corks the porcelain parts

of dolls enameled
hair hands feet or shoes

to attach to a sewn
stuffed muslin self