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Roomates (at Bunhill Fields)<br />
Sure, we can all squeeze up:<br />
come on, jostle in amid the scrum.<br />
Bit of a mess, yes, here mandible, clavicle,<br />
ulna and rib, some mine, some hers or his<br />
but that won’t matter much till later.<br />
I came down in 1696, sharing this plot<br />
with Luke and John. We mostly get along.<br />
And then the rest came tumbling in<br />
one-by-one on top. It does the job. You know<br />
what they say about London rent. We’re luckier<br />
than some. It looks a steady trade. You can’t complain.<br />
We’re quiet tenants, really, a hodgepodge<br />
of low-lying lodgers biding our time.<br />
And time here is really just the hot and soupy dark,<br />
bug-song and the slip and press of dirt<br />
and mud. Strata, dumb years, dusk: a snuffing<br />
out of light. Anyway, enough of this chatter,<br />
shuffle up, yes that’s right, sleep tight.<br />
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