

On the Hour by Dorothy Simmons, music by Mimi Kind,
narrated by Stephanie King
ON THE HOUR, as in the Youtube reading and published online, also
appears in Spineless Wonder's collection of microfiction OUT OF PLACE (2012). Here is the text.
on the hour
you'll be on your way you'll be walking down that corridor putting one
foot in front of the other breathing in breathing out listening your body
what's it saying your good body blood and bone raced horses felled
timber hammered nails danced jigs dripped sweat swam creeks stamped shivered cursed sang held squalling babies as tenderly as bleeding men
your body that you'll be walking into a room it'll never walk out of how
can you do that set one foot in front of the other up to the drop look the
drop you'll be holding out your hands to be pinioned flexing your fingers
long strong sinewy fingers always kept your nails clean now bending your
neck for that rough collar like you bent it for me to kiss goodbye
my fingers stroking the soft hair at the nape like they used to stroke the
soft down where the bones hadn't set your fingers were chubby then
kneading my breast as you latched on kneading eyes shut bliss but
open now awake wideawake under the hood what do you see my son
what do you say
die like a kelly die like a kelly
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