Body is Bone-Cage
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When I am released from this bone-cage:
When neurons collapse
Organs fail:
Skin, dust, dissipation of atoms of “me”.
When my ribs are no longer trapped across my chest, holding everything in
like the spines of sailing ships.
Guts spill out, liver & bile & blood
Intestines let loose my last meal (quinoa salad & beans).
When my brain ceases rattling in its cage