Here are some haiku that were written back last summer. They’ve been sitting around waiting. I don’t know why it’s taken so long to get them here.
Haiku 1232
midnight at the store
the mannequins drink coffee
try the new lipsticks
1/7/23
Haiku 1233
charming neighborhood
street signs spell out the question
who invited you?
8/31/22
Haiku 1234
inside these stories
built more solidly than life
many took refuge
8/31/22
Haiku 1235
sparkling kitchen sink
a perfect suburban home
step outside and scream
7/30/22
Claudia McGill Writes Poetry, Did You Know That? 
Life without humans watching…I’m sure it exists. (K)
I have always thought so and to be honest have been surprised that most people don’t seem to share this feeling! There is a lot going on in this world we miss or simply just can’t comprehend.
I totally agree.
There was a Canadian (I think) children’s show on PBS when my kids were little about a department store where the mannequins all came alive every night after store hours.
Wow, I would love to see it. I will do a little research, maybe it is possible.
I found this episode. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Im6VOnXH60o
Thank you. I will check it out.
The last one makes me think of The Stepford Wives. Too much perfection can definitely be stifling. I rather like the idea of mannequins and museum models and such-like having their own lives after humans have departed from the spaces – I just don’t want to witness them doing it.
I witnessed a lot of housewife perfection angst in my younger days (real and on TV such as in commercials). Ugh. As for secret mannequin lives I would love to visit with some off-duty figures. I bet the conversation would be about the most interesting thing I have ever heard.
I love the images of the mannequins after midnight!
Thank you. I have loved mannequins since I was young and when my mom was shopping I used to think about what their real lives were like when people were not around.