what do you call
a skeleton
unburied, performing
a slow dance
in the wind,
limbs akimbo?
what can clothe
its own
nakedness
in misty scarves
of fluorescent
green?
what do you call a shelf
for sparrows, a ladder
for squirrels?
what can you
hang a swing from or
even a body?
This appears in the November 2015 issue of Sojourners
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