Wednesday, April 6, 2011

after the quake

my bones don't
fit my old skin,
seismic shifts and drifting
fault lines have left hollows
and ridges, cracks in the veneer
of paper skin,
old stories smudged and
wrinkled

after shocks
and tsunamis
seek equilibrium
and a new skin
to let these bones rest

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