Autumn

Atrophy

Autumn


torn muscles hang from the line 
sun-dried, now it's time for the feast 
and i wait in line with plate in hand 
but you've eaten all there is 
and my bones weep 
i was never meant to...or maybe i was...
never meant to...or maybe i was...never meant to
head raging and i'm so tired 
can't stand any more of this 
when the state of the living 
is as the state of the dead 
such disillusionment is the end 
painstaking - every move a labor 
gnarled and ravaged bones protrude 
and i want to smear the disease across my ribs 
in the name of the father . . . atrophy begins 
i was never meant to...or maybe i was...
never meant to...or maybe i was...never meant to
left here, now on this precipice 
sun-dried tendons slide away 
into the cracks of desert sand 
my skeletal smile begs for more 
i was never meant to...or maybe i was...
never meant to...or maybe i was...never meant to
but like a trestle underwater, like a trestle underwater,
like a trestle underwater, like a trestle underwater, like a trestle underwater,
i drown too… i drown too… i drown too… i drown too… 
i drown too…