Discovery

1.

He never came back.


2.

Ages later
Jacky Jacky returned
razor thin

and said
He’s gone.

he appeared
upset
but maybe


a light
I failed to see
hid within


3.

what was dreamed of
beyond the ancient desert bones
the very centre


4.

camels burnt throat mutiny
shed like dead skin

the only one
man enough
to make it.

He stumbled
splashed
dove

5.

it tasted rich
like salt.


6.

right at the centre
acid tears
ate

dissolving

even bones.