119. Broken Bones

Bones creak and moan,

Tenacious in tone,

Creak, crack,

Woebegone and weary from…

Brick-brack,

Brick-brack.

Pathetic cadaver,

Degrading semblance.

Creak, crack,

Enervated soul: halted,

Steps back,

Backdrop of death,

Unsure as sweet breath.

Creak, crack.

Foul-skin decays as visions…,

Back-track,

Back-track.

Slanderous scum rusts bone,

Sickening contrite blood.

Creak, crack.

Creak, crack,

Bones break with fervor, eyes close..

Lie back,

Lie back…

Creak. Crack!

Disconsolate…

Unaided: fall back…

K. Aldaya, 2/2/05

Picture: “Portrait of an articulated skeleton on a bentwood chair”, Photographer possibly Arthur Phillips, 1895-1905; http://www.powerhousemuseum.com/collection/database/?irn=386897