(elderly lost bones and organs)

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elderly lost bones and organs

slipping out of natural openings in the body

slipping out of new openings in the body

the body became too loose,

 

left a trail of tiny pieces through the parking lot

ancient stains on concrete stairs

to the dirt where he breathed into a hole

then he buried his breath and walked away,

looking back once in a while

though looking back so slowly

whatever was there

had plenty of time

to leave

 

a middle aged thief

visits once in a while

committing obvious crimes

waiting for the police

to give him a tough bed

with troubled friends across town

behind bars and barbed wire,

 

but the sirens are silent

the police are preoccupied

picking up tiny bones and interior organs

in the parking lot -

 

found an old man with open cuts

he pretended not to understand,

mouth open and shaking out words

one every five minutes it seems

 

so the listener always leaves

before the sentence is finished



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