bones

it's hard for me
to write about
bones
and skeletons

so early in the morning

the only skeleton
i sort of knew
was skeletor

and i often wondered
about his diet
and what happened
to his skin

and his hair situation

as for the other subject...

there was this one time
i was watching star trek

when i was much younger

and all of a sudden kirk
appeared
in the transporter room

looking disheveled and
slightly out of it

and all he said
in his big fat close-up

was
"bones!"

then he fell over
and everyone dogpiled him
with care

leaving me quite 
confused

were the bones
trying to jump out
of his body?

had he been attacked
by a ravenous pile of
drumstick pieces
that fell off of
some zombie chicken

or was he just hungry 
for marrow
that day?

it took me forever to figure out
he was calling for the wise
cute older man doctor
dude

who never was anything else
but a doctor, dammit

(space was weirdly specific
back then... )

(bones)