white



white



white



and dry

brittle brittle dry

dry white

white dry



and the wind

the rush of a strong wind

a strong wind blowing

blowing



rattle dem bones



dem dry

white

bones



O YE DRY BONES, HEAR THE WORD OF THE LORD



like a rush

a strong wind blowing



THUS SAITH THE LORD GOD UNTO THESE BONES



blowing in change

rattle

dem bones over



CAN THESE BONES LIVE?



white

white

white

now red

sinuous red



dem bones don't rattle

no more



squelch dem bones

in their robes

red robes

of sinew and flesh



and strong

strong

epidermis above



O BREATH



no breath

rattles

in dem bones



no breath



no

life



AND THERE APPEARED TOO



what



TONGUES LIKE AS OF FIRE



and dem bones



THESE BONES



dem bones



danced

sang

spilled out

on the streets

and said:



we ain't drunk



we squelch

but we ain't drunk



We Are Alive



AND YE SHALL KNOW THAT I AM THE LORD



amen