the anthropologist’s lament

Blankets fail.

With holes and tears.

Each strand. Or Thread.

One snaps. One splits. 

’nother reels, then rips. 

The loss brings pain. 

A cry—or two. 

“Ne'er-do … ne'er-do.” 

It's gone. 

Families fall. 

Divorce and death. 

Each Life. Or span. 

So frail. So weak. 

Mother swoons, then dies. 

The loss brings pain. 

A cry—or two. 

“Ne'er-do … ne'er-do.” 

She's gone. 

Culture breaks. 

In dance & song. 

Each bowl. Or dish. 

It cracks. It breaks. 

"Don’t bother, it leaks."

Each loss brings pain. 

A cry—or two. 

“Ne'er-do … ne'er-do.” 

All gone.