Poem: Thanks Given

 

Thanks Given

 

ebb of mango in half moon

as a man between dusty walls

reclines the same way,

bedsheets rife with twisty blooms,

while his clock points

to coming hells

and unseen constellations. 

dishes tower

stoic in the condo's kitchen,

and cups and effete turkey bones

sunken in the sink

soggy with shred of flesh,

a carving knife stuck through.

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6/23/24 mods

11/17 .. removed "to be" after "dwell to long"