here. take

here. take

a wing a moan a ship
wreck
the horse sails out on the lake
the bones of the sun fall from no clouds
tiny turkey wishbone,
jaw of snake,
fifteen ribs of a whale

then the teeth come, the aches
of muscles like the tongue
and the usual, heart
here the secrets calcify & petrify
the joints are still and fit together

a hand might fit nicely
into another hand
but we'll never know

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