vertebrae

 

By J. Savage, Contributor

 

There are 12 of us living in this house.

My room is on the ground floor, and I

keep the curtains drawn. The sun

does not reach this far down.

 

A whale corpse sank

to the bottom of the ocean

two years ago. Now there

is nothing left but a skeleton.

The collective science of

human beings, have discovered

178 living things existing

on a single vertebra.

 

The West Coast is made of

the bumpy ridges of a

skeleton. 603,500 people

existing in a single city.

There are 12 of us living

in this house. They ask me

would you prefer the vertebra?

 

I smile, showing all my teeth.