Boy Skeleton

James Knapp
Jan 12, 2023

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Photo by Ekaterina Kuznetsova on Unsplash

His limbs are not yet fully formed,
but still, he is dead.

His chest is a xylophone of bone
but no lungs breathe life from within.

His cranium houses no thought,
save for the drive of the rat

nesting in that hollow
of completed decay.

One word repeating the beast’s whole lifespan:

gnaw.

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