starliner buried underground
near darker dermis, ivory headpiece
ashtray on the dashboard
toy strata, solemn strata, lower dismal strata
found refracted eviction
roofing theropoda lifelike
inside red flyer wagon, encased fossil
furcula at an angle, glass case gelatin
turn microscopic. sample the windows of the bus
record etched channels where clothing seams imprinted
measure indented clay where resting used to be
leave microscopic. overall spine and pelvis, outside the bus
overall complete jaw, no missing teeth
wedded firmly to rock
coelurosaur without cage, freed pet
formica strata’s bouncing tacks
metal hill one click away, twenty stories tall
rusted less on the interior
thicker panes some bodies disintegrated against
Pierce County transit bus, inside, along
the yard where kindling was free to burn
on scrap steel, windows sagged free
late under three hundred feet of pressure
through and through, compacted steadily
air is granite. mom and dad strung silk
from flashing lights on the dashboard
filled an old tunnel beneath the city
lariat chromed and buried
a silent wick for a Ford
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