Shirley Temple curls
Standing still as
she wraps my hair
round her finger
Patent leather shoes
Always worn holidays
kept shining like new
bought large to last
Petticoats overflowing
Difficult to sit on
sticking to my skin
not worn too very long
Era of my childhood
adulation of a loved
child star remembered
Shirley Temple Curls
© September 2011 Renee Espriu
Watched a biography on Shirley Temple tonight and had memories flooding back of mother trying to get the curls just so with the dress standing at attention, the total package to shine with my patent leather shoes. Difficult for mother to do and the difference between me and Shirley was I had dark hair and an olive complexion. Loved her movies growing up.
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