a skeleton
of tape
wire
and newspaper
assembled from scratch
by calloused hands-
a disfigured
resemblance
of a human body
basing its life
on its begetter
it anchored its
ersatz existence
through synthetic fingers
and makeshift toes-
but you do not have
a crumpled brain
or cabled spine
you are not
artificially constructed-
you have been made
to withstand
even the worst of monsoons
and weathering
so why must you
harbor yourself
into the palms
of those ransacking
to demolish
rather than
fabricate
your lithic bones
