Canticle of bones

in the rain

in a green field

in homage of another time

stands an abandoned house

we know

what kills a farm

chases a family

to the city

but not what

kills a whale

that swims

in a field of green

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bleached bone corpse

stripped of bark

where children played

swung on branches

laughed at a wind

that raced away to the east

you pulled over

got out of your truck

stood in the rain

in a green field

recited a canticle

for a dead whale

2-22-20