Tracing the shape
Onto the sheet
Carefully cutting
Around the outline
Cardboard cutouts
Almost finished
Ready to enter
The world made for them
Battered and bent
Abused by time
Straightening edges
Repairing the tears
Faded and torn
Old and useless
All are gathered up
Tossed onto the pile
Tracing the shape
Onto the sheet
The process restarts
New lives to create