The world said I was dirty, washed me,

And then left me out to dry.

My ears are just flaps

Where the clothespins pinned me

To the line.

The shine on my face

Is a sunbleached spot.

My eyes are blind

From wind and rain and time,

Blowing out here

With other things the world forgot,

Didn't want or need.

Too bad I'm not a human,

Or I could bleed, too,

Instead of just fading out

To a pale shade of  blue.

But I have the sky!

And it's a sheet, too,

Just like me.

Sometimes the world gets upside down

And only looks around,

And not out or up.

The world forgets about the sky,

Sometimes, too.

And I notice the sky,

Just like me,

Has faded out

To a pale shade of blue.

-jenn