Saturday, January 2, 2016

Lizz Murphy #2 - Always Remembered


for Kit Kelen’s bones in ‘imagine me made of mist’


 

1 comment:


  1. my bones beyond me

    I wish they’d be of use somehow
    could be oracles or bobbins
    a needle? sinew for thread?

    at least a stick to poke the fire
    to toss about
    invent a game?

    or rod to measure
    maybe mass for a beam balance scales?

    ear wax extractor?
    flute, or necklace, speartip to kill
    blade to carve the beast once felled?

    my enemies have plastic bling
    such is the age I’m to leave

    motherbones became a sturdy race
    with me it’s everything points to ash

    my skull
    a cup of course
    but it never held much of note in life
    was ever apt to leak

    this is for instance

    going on past the grave

    one fancies the bare bones
    object of contemplation

    please just forget my name


    from Pocket Kit 2, out later this year

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