A mannequin with a short brown bob haircut, glasses, and a wide-brimmed hat is displayed behind a window, with reflections of the brick building and windows outside on the glass.

Doll-face

Woman in the window; the watcher

and the watched.

Abruptly, her stillness registers : it’s only a

doll though, or nearly close enough.

We call it display, not confinement.

Some of us learn early

how to hold a pose.

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