back to back
fused spinal columns
an unorthodox
paradigm
shift(ing)
displaced jaw
a grind of bones
and teeth
(re) fused
together unyielding
Orion’s milky
sheets
starched stiff
clean in
crinkled embraces
an excuse
unconsciously
ironed flat
a greasy haired
yellow pout
a tight lipped
sycophantic
juggernaut
imploding
premature breath
quashed embers
flaming
subservience
married and
ugly
buried where
whores and
die
pass judgement
and skeleton keys
jingle
© 2009 Jodine Derena Butler. All Rights Reserved
First Published, Live Lines, volume 4, Anthology, 2011, ISBN: 11787767, Poetry Live, http://www.poetrylive.co.nz/live-lines.html
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