Monday, February 1, 2021

Rattled

there's a rattling inside

some sort of signal of bells

old, thinly hammered chimes

like those wrapped round bovine necks

the clanging, relentless

just within the ears

just beyond the brain

the bending of a joint

that's running low on cartilage

the clattering bones

which sing the same as trees

a groan in clanging chimes

time's escaping, falling

out like stones

rattling inside a shaman's rattle

the chiming of the earthly tones

the bells are ringing home



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