Varicose Lengths
I am like a dead man walking
Every inch varicose
Every minute inching closer to
…
The vultures are nearing
Do you hear their screeches?
I walk down this desert road
More times in my life
Than I really want to count
The vultures screech above me
Passing overhead but
Staying close like a halo
Circling night and day
I walk down this desert road
And they peck at me sometimes
To satisfy their hunger
A hunger that engulfs them
When they can’t take it anymore
Bit by bit the vultures have taken me
Bit by bit they get hungrier
Bite by bite I am disappearing
And soon there will be nothing left
There will be nothing left for the vultures
And nothing will be left for me
But the vultures always demand more
So I will give them my bones
And hand them my heart
With the varicose veins dangling
Blood dripping daintily
Give and give and give and give
But wait
Where have I gone suddenly?
Where is the person like a dead man walking?
Where are her varicose lengths
Lengths left to nothing but still closer to
… ?