The Skeleton Hangs It Up

Voluble Skeleton

Nothing
if not
articulate.

Skeleton on Cloud 9
You can learn a lot about bones
from building one of those plastic model skeletons.
But don’t sniff the airplane glue.

What the Skeleton Is
The nadir of material existence.
Neither flesh
nor spirit.

When Did the Skeleton Exist?
The moment a particle
of light touched
a particle of lime.

The Skeleton’s Journey to the Afterlife
I had to pass through gates
made of deer antlers,
like in Jackson, Wyoming.

What the Skeleton Will Be After the Fireworks
Not separate
bones anymore—a slightly radioactive
calcium sea bed.

Skeleton Bride, Skeleton Bridegroom
The miracle at Cana
only mimicked the crucial change:
blood to love.

Marriage of the Ghost and the Skeleton
The heart
of a phantom
is beating!

The Skeleton’s Song
On that Resurrection morning when all dead in Christ shall rise,
I’ll have a new body,
I’ll have a new life.