Thursday, May 26, 2022

Camera, transport my skin of bones

 

Camera,

transport my skin of bones

to the breakfast tables of the first world.


These legs, arms, ribs

without muscle or flesh;

lay them there, inedible stuff.


Your readers, in the salve of their pity,

may impress themselves

with the rawness of their reactions,


be moved. And, yes, I understand:

with the turning of that page, the bones

will be returned to my private ownership.

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