He had a girlfriend named Sara
who had a weird doll.
She held that doll, she called
Clara, as if it were a real child.
Because Sara was heartbreakingly hot,
I tried to overlook her doll obsession.
But I must admit the doll creeped me out,
and it often seemed to look at me,
with evil in its plastic eyes.
For the two months I was with Sara,
bad things happened to me.
I got laid off from my job.
My car got stolen, never found.
I got a wicked case of COVID,
nearly died from it.
Crazy as it may seem, I believe
that doll was cursing me.
I think it was because it was jealous
of the attention Sara was giving me.
When I broke up with Sara, the
bad luck ended.
I have no doubt that lifted the doll’s
curse, which I believe would have
killed me had I stayed with Sara.

Bob Boyd