What else could deliver life
but this thin membrane
a matter of centimeters
managing pleasure from pain
skin to skin a bond from age
to age wrapping monuments
in protective plastic sheaths
unexploded shells a few feet
from habitable domiciles
nowhere else to turn but sky
closing all alternatives against
flesh and bone standing firm
a thorn piercing the stiffened side
beasts born with luck a rough ride
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