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Robert E. Jordan
Member Rara Avis

since 2008-01-25

Posts 8541
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

0 posted 2008-09-30 02:27 PM

What’s the city to do
with the body
of a fourteen-year-old
prostitute boy?

No one is interested
in him anymore.

Mom’s forgotten him,
she’s empty headed anyway,
and right now
she’s pretty well wrapped up
with her new man.

Bones had no I. D.,
so the city doesn’t know
who he is anyway.

The students at the medical school
will show proper respect for his body.

They always do.

Bobby

kanashe
Member

since 2008-05-21

Posts 59
america

1 posted 2008-09-30 03:20 PM

i really liked this, the first stanza stood out to me the most. i felt sorrow for the boy who had no name, and happiness that at least someone would care for him.

-ashe

Robert E. Jordan
Member Rara Avis

since 2008-01-25

Posts 8541
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

2 posted 2008-09-30 04:23 PM

Thanks Kanashe,

I'm pleased the poem about my old friend Bones worked for you.

Bobby

steavenr
Member Elite

since 2003-11-17

Posts 4058

3 posted 2008-09-30 11:39 PM

this is really difficult stuff...difficult because you bring the reader (at least me) out of my comfort zone...I hate to think that Bones could even exist...yet your work brings him so very much to life...more than intrigued...

Alison

Member Rara Avis

since 2008-01-27

Posts 9318
Lumpy oatmeal makes me crazy!

4 posted 2008-10-01 02:02 AM

Yes, I agree - Bones is a comfort-breaker, but I am so glad to have met him.

Alison

chopsticks
Senior Member

since 2007-10-02

Posts 888
The US,

5 posted 2008-10-01 09:41 AM

This story is legion, but thanks to you we heard one of them.

If you go to the foot of Broad street, you’ll find Bones putting on dem golden slippers .

Robert E. Jordan
Member Rara Avis

since 2008-01-25

Posts 8541
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

6 posted 2008-10-01 01:10 PM

Thanks Steavenr,

Thanks for the kind words on this poem.

Yes, Bones does exist. He can be found most anywhere.

It's more enlightening outside a persons comfort zone.

Bobby

Robert E. Jordan
Member Rara Avis

since 2008-01-25

Posts 8541
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

7 posted 2008-10-01 01:12 PM

Thanks dear Alison,

It's a big world outside the comfort zone.

Bones is very pleased to have met you too.

Love Bobby

Robert E. Jordan
Member Rara Avis

since 2008-01-25

Posts 8541
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

8 posted 2008-10-01 01:16 PM

Thanks Chopsticks,

You are absolutely correct, Bones story is legion. The streets of our beloved Philadelphia are full of Bones.

Bones always marches in the Mummer's Parade.

Bobby

JamesMichael
Member Empyrean

since 1999-11-16

Posts 33336
Kapolei, Hawaii, USA

9 posted 2008-10-04 06:43 PM

Fine writing...James

Robert E. Jordan
Member Rara Avis

since 2008-01-25

Posts 8541
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

10 posted 2008-10-04 11:08 PM

Thanks James,

I'm pleased it worked for you.

BTW, Bones says hello, and so does Griseldam you'd like Griselda.

Bobby

Roniece Dawson-Bruce
Member Ascendant

since 2000-01-29

Posts 5689
Sydney, Australia

11 posted 2008-10-04 11:17 PM

Hello my dear friend Bobby... I have missed reading your wonderful work...

love
RDB

Be kind at heart....for everyone you meet has their own battle to fight.........

Robert E. Jordan
Member Rara Avis

since 2008-01-25

Posts 8541
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

12 posted 2008-10-05 09:17 AM

Thanks dear RDB,

I'm pleased this one worked for you.

It's good to see here again.

Love Bobby

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