so this is your incarceration this

biblical rib this unborn birthing

rib this cage that floats and flies

and sometimes cracks and then

removes at a remove this cage

this abnormality of mortality is

safest this unknown safest this

aching something this unbroken
something is waiting is growing

is unripe ripening but they cannot

eat the fruits once they’re done but

could they ever eat the fruits could

they ever pluck out the rib bleeding

from the heart of them why did they

do that why did you do that why are

you standing there holding your ribs