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Little Bones

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Every day looks like each other Draw the curtains Deep cover Egg yolks and orange rinds Red fruit with miniature spines Little bones are in my dreams Masked men with skeleton keys And able bodies Who cradles my insides Hearts beat and the organs will grind I go to meet the sea Ships land on distant shores What are they calling me for How can they carry me I'm a dark and angry daughter Rolling under warm water Old hulls are in the brine Lying in silent decline I'm alone in afternoons Weighted down by soft tissues Who do they lean to