No Consequence.

These chalky bones
A brittle breath
and all in life that is complex
A turning point 
of monument
When ideas burn their thoughts to death
A settled sight
A twitching limb
A hand which looks so frail and thin
My mother's face
has been replaced
By sickness with no consequence.
Copyright © | Year Posted 2005

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