a rib perhaps
it has that shape
the potential for woman
in the days gods did that
or miracles like it
now the cause
of men digging up the yard
looking for other bones
one man
leaves the digging
walks the alley
finds another
possible rib
men stop digging
spread out in pairs
querying neighbors
find a family
well-enough off
to buy meat
warns them
they will be watched
cops leave
neighbors stand
around the property
the dug up yard
forgotten
except by those
who live there
and dogs who come
to stake out clumps of dirt
the original rib
lost in the hurraw
the boy who found it
still stands awed
but now empty-handed
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