Calling Up the Bones
\nby
\nRadiance Angelina Petro<\/p>\n
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When we hear the bell inside where
\nwill we go? When our lights start setting
\nbushels on fire, then what?<\/p>\n
There\u2019s nothing stopping us from having
\na lie down under a tree. One day our self-care
\nwill start the apocalypse.<\/p>\n
River rats have tumbled the careful zen-
\narrangements of rocks we made on the creek side.
\nListen–I need to hear this as much as the next.<\/p>\n
Why are we cutting the umbilical cords
\nto the dead? Orgies of violence are on the way.
\nWe\u2019re all going to need to ask for help.<\/p>\n
Throw off the bushels. Let our larger than life
\nlights shine.\u00a0 Before it\u2019s too late–call up the bones
\nof the dead, and enflesh them with our wanting to live.<\/p>\n
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