Package

~1~

This damp package
sits on the table,
weathered by journeys
along lanes &; roads &; streets
&; roads &; lanes again.

~2~

String binds the dissolving rictus
of brown jaundiced skin. The paper
is stained &; watermarked.

~3~

The package weeps,
shriven by the rains.
It exudes the atonement
it has found already

~4~

Along the wet roads
&; lanes &; streets
&;
roads &; lanes
again.