The femur bone is one of theHardest in the human body to break.
Which is why it is the mostDevastating—small chips crackling down the
Length. One half subducting the other likeTectonic plates, the lithosphere of anatomy, of
Thigh bone. Contained in it’s layers ofWeaved muscle, ligaments and tendon.
Tunnels and canals of theNecessary material for movement. Sits the
Marrow filled white rod,Not meant to break.
Which does so with a violenceReducing host to stillness.
Femoral shaft fractures are frequentlyAttributed to high energy
Collisions. Compound fractures,A love story for breaking completely in two—
For finding yourself in collisionsYou did not choose.
You could not avoid. TheFlesh around the cleaved frame
Unable to support itself,Folds and collapses. Waiting for the alleviation, for
The slow return and rebuildTo righted form.
The wait is long, theAche, almost unbearable.
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