The house was Not
No protection to the knee-cap
nothing above an opened waistband
fringes scabs and
Not
Head
bowed day after
day
interrupted regularly by
something longer and longer
Head
bent forward
To gain finally to
gain time
time for everything for
ever for less
Bihac in his ears As good as
as good still less and still
and always
In the e-- if the en-
a lesser going down under a lesser
and a slow slower going down
Everything Now