Saturday, September 26, 2009

"I Will Cause Breath to Enter Bones" Ezekiel 37:5

I’ve little memory
of mother hitting me
with painful ecstasy.
Numb in mind and body,
I break glass when she’s gone—
imagine breaking bones,
moving me to scream, moan:
Sensing bone marrow frees
her to breeze, me to breathe.

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