Wednesday
Nov012017
Skeleton Marionette
Wednesday, November 1, 2017 at 3:58PM BY: ANDREW SHODELL on 16 March 2017
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An unmoving grin on his face
His rigid limbs praise the sky
Stiff legs kick up dust
As he dances in ashes
Endless bliss etched in bone
Strings pull from the heavens
Hostile jerks in each direction
In a liturgical sway
His static smile branded
With the comfort of anticipating his future
The arms and legs of a skeleton marionette
Jerking violently -- knowingly.
*"Skeleton Marionette" was submitted for the Second Annual Palmer Trinity Poetry Contest (2016-2017) and came in Fourth place out of fifty-one poem submissions.