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Elbows In My Knees

These bones

These bones

These over ground fixtures

            structures

            punctures

            out of print junctures

 

Complicated architecture

Swam that archipelago

My name is Michelangelo

 

Wife is an archer

Protest marcher

Molesting preacher

Heroic teacher

 

 

These bones

These bones

These problem solvers

            hand held revolvers

            soul survivors

            deep sea divers

 

Spread solvents

Innocent adolescents

Censored advertisements

 

Identity notarized

America terrorized

Keeping on my eyes

I’ve been dehumanized

 

 

These bones

These bones

These left overs

            push overs

            under covers

            community lovers

 

Liquid dykes

Mathematical hikes

Mystery nights

 

Silent secret protected

I was the last to be selected

Mirage reflected

With no fault, erected

 

 

These bones

These bones

These dark clothes

            dirty hoes

            friend and foes

            eagle’s nest, street crows

 

Obscene gestures

Earned tenures

Digging caterpillars

 

Nuclear rockets in the sky

Earth’s shadow – magnify

Innocent claiming “Oh My!”

Standing tall, do or die

 

 

These bones

These bones

            These mighty bones!

 

 

© 2009 David Greg Harth

09.07.15.10:42:28@130BklynNYC