bag o’ bones

our hearts grew thin

and rangy

from lack of light

and love put in

 

we were starving,

we were famished

we were dying

for more.

 

All the love

we wanted

was all the love

we would never get.

 

you were thin

like a snake

and I held you;

fragile

as a paper

beating heart.

 

so thin you could

see me

so parched you could

see us

the bare bones

bag o’bones  bag o’ bones

 

we were famished,

hungry for more;

spent like sticks.

our spines rubbing

our skins

 

like asphalt poking up

Through pavements,

Like love trying to get in

 

our hearts

were thin

and rangy,

spent like bones.