A staggering art of courage

Need to reattach flesh
Armature realigned
Dents buffed
Lost bits
Proxied
Model muscles
Build up
Carrying
Primordial shame
Broken down
Carrying difference
Need nerves
Carry signals
Between units
Stranger til now
Need blood
Nourishment
For starving lands
Need flesh
To cover
To protect
Need label
To make beast
‘discoverable’
New thing
Old thing
Build of steal
Forged by craftsmen
Of cruelty
So skilled a predator
Made safe for dinner réparté
RESIST
Not their story!
It is ours
Each reweaving of a worn place
Each reinforcement of a wobbly corner
Each stich to bring once close things back tight
Each refresh – new paint to chip
Each label erased
A staggering art of courage 

Nanabjorn P 22