Remains
And is God not a manacle
And is God not a manacle
I could hear the shuffle of a spotted towhee
tragedy strikes the exhausted soul who stops to rest
I grew up like a speeded prayer
I fish them out every evening, lay them down
Cattails spread across the old parking lot
Let your skin remember the path your ancestors carved in silence
Dead boys wear sun-bleached keffiyehs on the walls of a stone city
i am clocked in for 30 minutes when i get the call
I write you this letter on the back of a grievance form.