bird-boned (hospital)
bird-boned and fragile, he lies
swallowed by bedsheet and breath,
mouth agape like a cave,
each rise and fall of a chest that lives.
lifting lids of burgundy and softened flesh,
whispering sins as time wreaks her destiny,
braving their sweet incantations and
sighing into ruly sleep.
swallowed by bedsheet and breath,
mouth agape like a cave,
each rise and fall of a chest that lives.
lifting lids of burgundy and softened flesh,
whispering sins as time wreaks her destiny,
braving their sweet incantations and
sighing into ruly sleep.