body

run feet patter run.
softly padding hallowed halls.
in twilight of mind.

hands a begging bowl.
sinew and flesh empty alms.
tatters from wishes.

michael rowed his boat.
but he never made the shore.
bones in the ocean.

shackled boots are tight.
steps are small the journey far.
iron bites the flesh.

sliver my finger.
a divot wells with red blood.
sir pain swims ashore.

she swallows down hard.
bone gets stuck, marrow bitter.
politics of meat.