Acts of Crucifixion

Note to the Boy Kicking Stone

The boy’s body

bends

to pick the stone
and you see how

his body too is a road

with curves,

too many
Curves.
Once or twice

you

see

the bones

of his

vertebrae

become

hills.
Here, a story begins,

rises, falls,

and ends

in

ghosts.

Kechi Nomu