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Skeleton's Dance
The skeletons in our closet
Dance before our eyes
Around the fire in front of us
The ones with deadened eyes
The spark is gone, and only ignites
When laid upon drugs, sex, money
Or something they can steal
The fire before us
Is filled with familial love
Mothers telling stories
Fathers tending the grill
The daughter bringing cake
And the son, hiding his secrets
Skeletons running from the table
After mysterious calls
Skeletons swinging by their neck
From their girlfriends garage rafters
Mothers crying in anguish
Fistfuls of dirt in front of a headstone
As the flesh rots off her son's skeleton
Six feet under dirt
Encased in a fancifully lined coffin
Skeletons absconding to the restroom
To sift through the pills in the cabinet
Secretly, they think
Skeletons dance among us,
Their bones bleached in the sun
Their cheekbones high, gaunt
Their souls stolen
By the needle or the bump
They do not dance to music
Anymore.
Dance before our eyes
Around the fire in front of us
The ones with deadened eyes
The spark is gone, and only ignites
When laid upon drugs, sex, money
Or something they can steal
The fire before us
Is filled with familial love
Mothers telling stories
Fathers tending the grill
The daughter bringing cake
And the son, hiding his secrets
Skeletons running from the table
After mysterious calls
Skeletons swinging by their neck
From their girlfriends garage rafters
Mothers crying in anguish
Fistfuls of dirt in front of a headstone
As the flesh rots off her son's skeleton
Six feet under dirt
Encased in a fancifully lined coffin
Skeletons absconding to the restroom
To sift through the pills in the cabinet
Secretly, they think
Skeletons dance among us,
Their bones bleached in the sun
Their cheekbones high, gaunt
Their souls stolen
By the needle or the bump
They do not dance to music
Anymore.
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