Danielo Home Movies [When I was a child, I came undone]

When I was a child, I came undone,

legs buckled beneath me. Weak ligaments,

the doctor said. So I wrapped my knees in

Ace bandages, held myself together

with elastic & metal clips. On a

gymnasium’s polished maple floor, a

schoolyard’s hopscotch-chalked asphalt. Every day,

I walked through sun. And I don’t know where this

all ends up, but I’ve always been breaking

apart.…

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