Old Moon

Somewhere between the

three dots that form the arrow,

where the red earth pigments

next to the

iron oxide

somewhere between the

wheat and the whittle,

lies the rind with the bark

still inside.

Somewhere between the

river and the saltation,

where the pulp

is carried upward

towards the sky

lies your spine

in the shape of a crescent,

a half-moon drawn

in a soft curved line.