Free Bed

Fossilized bed frame

in the garden

picked bare by the vulture of rain.

Analyse.

Mustachioed archeologists

will dustily brush

its slatted ribcage

and wonder how many years it suffered.

This ornate four poster,

this wrought-iron rollercoaster,

was used to aid in sedation and sensation.

to the best of our knowledge

it seems to have broken

under the weight

of a poor boy’s imagination.