by GC SMITH
April one starts
poetry month
and I’ll be
out of commission
Sawbones
will be sawing
on my
vertebrae
Chronic pain
numb left hand digits
are getting old
getting wearying
C-5-6-7
need overhauling
bonespur
needs a filing
So dangnabit
HORSEPISTOL
in I go
for bone repair
Spacers will shore up
old squished disks
pretty neat
technology
April one
should be the fix
allowing, of course,
I’m not the fool
I’ll be back
for April poesy
soon as I can
move my bones
