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Toys, Room & Light

Play that leaves the cupboard.
A kitchen, a horse, a house. Play that comes out and goes back.
The first room.
A cot, a dresser, a chair that sits at the table.
What softens the room.
Blankets, a canopy, a curtain for the corner.
A place to put it back.
Cupboards and bookcases the child can reach.
The room they keep.
The bed, the desk, the chair, the cupboard.
The floor they play on.
A rug for the middle of the room.
Light for the story.
A lamp by the bed and a shade over the play.
The small things that stay.
A mirror, a board, a basket, a ring for the table.
The wall of the room.
Paper for the wall the child wakes up to.
For the child in the house
A thing they can keep
The room, the play, and the light
We named Mami for the child who lives here. A room that is theirs. Play that leaves the cupboard. A bed they grow in, a floor they sit on, a light for the story. Mami collection is that child.