Cauldron Anthology Issue 3: Year 1 Collection Cauldron Anthology Year One Issue FINAL 1.17.18 | Page 33
often chip a small piece of bone
Or a sliver of skin
or a pearl earring
for a talisman
from a revered ancient body;
A celebrity.
Smuggle it just to rub at night -
so lonely they are under covers.
Or enshrine it, never to be touched again
back at their quiet home,
for the rest of their finite, quiet lives.