{"id":754,"date":"2005-01-02T13:52:56","date_gmt":"2005-01-02T17:52:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/karmalised.com\/wordpress\/?p=754"},"modified":"2005-01-02T13:52:56","modified_gmt":"2005-01-02T17:52:56","slug":"bones","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/karmalised.com\/?p=754","title":{"rendered":"Bones"},"content":{"rendered":"

Marilyn Buck<\/a><\/p>\n

i<\/P>

Clacking keys announce your presence
a stalker that needs no silence
your eyes sweep the hall
searching out encounters<\/P>

my bones tell me who you are<\/P>

your eyes sight in on me
you bark my name
an obscenity in your mouth
my eyes meet yours
you recoil …
     too late<\/P>

my bones unearth your history<\/P>

ii<\/P>

you press against the corner
the hunter in his blind
listening
your tongue cuts loose
          Buck!<\/I>
          You speak Spanish, Buck!<\/I>
an accusation
          I know what you’re saying!<\/I>
Ana Luz laughs: ?Es ilegal hablar de la
     comida? <\/I><\/P>

          Ah, you speak Spanish, Mr. Kane.
          one woman wonders if you are Latino
          your black hair, your moustache …<\/I>
your eyes flash
an M-16 in shadowed forests
          No! No! No!
          I’m an American!
          But I’ve been there<\/I>
Where, Mr. Kane?<\/P>

compa?eros? bones murmur
from beneath tropical forest floors
          si, estaba aqu?
          yes, he was here<\/I><\/P>

iii<\/P>

you hunker in the darkened cell
rifling meager possessions
I stop in the door
you start
          Get out! No! Halt!
          Are those books yours?
          There’s a map …<\/I>
I stand still
is this a trap?
          … the island where I was
          Tiger Island, la isla de la tigre<\/I><\/P>

bones clatter in my chest<\/P>

          you said you were in traffic control<\/I>
San Salvador?   Honduras?
an island off El Salvador!
Hunter Kane steps from shadows
trophy in his grin
          yes, but not there
          advisor in the countryside
          you know …<\/I><\/P>

my bones snap
the sound of .223s slap flesh
“jungle” boots dance in blood<\/P>

yes, I know
death stench settles on my bones
when you stride prison halls<\/P>

but you do not know
my bones are not mine alone
we are wherever you are<\/P>

not always prisoners<\/P><\/p>\n

Winter 1997 <\/p>\n

This poem<\/a> appeared in BLU Magazine, v. 2, n. 7, 2000; Prosodia X, 2001; and Rescue the Word<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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