Sunday, February 21, 2010

artifice


linoleum skin stretched

over plasticine bones

makes for brittle landings

as one leaps into life.


who made this lame artifice?

to whom can we post a return,

and demand an exchange

for something more resilient?


something that bruises and heals,

something that bleeds and scars,

something that lives and dies,

something born to leap and love.



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