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Unreal

Unreal

ad-apt

ad-just

ad-here

womb to world

knees, toes, soles

the first time you bleed

and the grass is green

and the dirt is brown

and the shadow of someone

disappears

and there are bones in a box

and it’s too much for the mind

what with days

and a million moons

weddings and babies and balloons

and there are forms to fill

and forms to file

and you’re in

and you’re out

and the occupation

turns to weather

which way the wind

and what hurts when

falls and breaks

cataracts and canes

and it sums the same

less it happens

out-of-order

 bones in a box

without length

and it’s too much

to contain

TL

Published inTamiko Lowery