Arms
during the night some bastard
snuck in
and fitted me with old man’s arms
geez they’re scrawny
okay - they were never an advert
for body-building
but fuckenell they used to be
pretty strong once
strong and youthful-looking
like - last week I’m sure
and they were tough with it
tough from sawing and lifting
digging post holes building walls
heaving up the world’s biggest
pergolas
now look at what I’ve been left
with
bloody sticks
sticks with purply splotches
that spring up over night
in geographic shapes
so far there’s been madagascar
tasmania (complete with bass strait
islands)
and all of new zealand
I mean - what next?!
I used to like my old arms
they suited me fine
(I wonder who’s wearing them now)
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