Up to the bare bone
the one that gnaws at you from the inside
up to the bare bones is the beast
from your grandma’s stories
the beast who comes
from the beast’s time
so it ingratiates
to suck your blood
to bite your flesh
and its teeth to crackle
on to the bared bone
the one who gnaws me from the inside
up to the bare bone is the beast
freed from the cage
stirring up the time on me
so, I appease
to live – to survive
as my dog outside
gnawing the summer heat
to the bare bone