"There have always been dolls
as long as there have been people.
In the trash heaps and abandoned temples,
the dolls pile up;
the sea is filling with them.

What causes them?
or are they gods, causeless,
something to talk to
when you have to talk,
something to throw againest the world?

A doll is a witness
who cannot die,
with a doll you are never alone."

- Margaret Artwood, "Five Poems for Dolls"