Paper Dolls and Plastic Beads

We are little girls forever
repeating the memories of the future
with our paper dolls and plastic beads
and yearnings to be grown up
and play house with real dishes,
a husband and babies.
One day it is real,
but we must remember
we are little girls forever
with memories of the future
plus a grocery list.

From my cookbook The Supper Club,© 1985,Rozanne

I'm finished putting the notebook together, but thought I'd type a few of my poems. This one was in the section titled "Letters to Children."