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
