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[aid] => mick
[title] => Old Bones
[time] => 2004-01-17 22:34:00
[hometext] => Zen garden in mind when I wrote this. About nothing in particular... I just wanted to paint a picture.
[bodytext] => Walks along the stones past the azalea flowers and the sakura tree Comes to an ancient shrine small against the towering bamboo forest dusted in pink cherry blossoms Kneels by the altar although he has long outgrown the stone structure the figure inside is cracked and crumbling Hums an ancient mantra and brings a match to the incense as he places it on the rock floor Shifts his old bones and sits cross-legged on the earth outside the shrine bows his old head in reverence Feels his spirit rising flies back until he sees himself a boy with a tan back and black hair Crawls inside the stone shrine kneels to the homemade altar a single shoot of bamboo waits at the edge He prays and runs home along the stone path through the garden to his mother His eyes open with the vigor his old bones forget sometimes the boy is laughing with his mother the boy kisses his mother goodnight Floats back to the overgrown memory breathes his spirit in and heaves his creaky bones back up Walks back down the path his dusty beard hides a smile he thought he had forgotten. [comments] => 5 [counter] => 178 [topic] => 44 [informant] => Suz [notes] => [ihome] => 0 [alanguage] => english [acomm] => 0 [haspoll] => 0 [pollID] => 0 [score] => 14 [ratings] => 3 [editpoem] => 1 [associated] => [topicname] => Nostalgic )
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