used knees are bruised knees
knees with indentations from praying
or praising
---submissive either way
used knees, maybe not two knees
with stripes down each side
a sign of swallowed pride or
a sign of pride
---either way dismissive
used knees
wide knees
thin knees
strong knees
knees with scars
knees with shards
freshly scraped knees
children yell
these stabilizers
bone joining notches of activity
these back-and-forth-ivory
these left-left-rights
these thrones for kids
these chairs of discipline
these crawl able crutches
these crackable junctions
these fragile fortitudes
these knees
these knees
theses knees
and never once not used
used knees are your knees
dads knees
ma's knees
baby jackie's,
johns knees
teenage comicon knees
WW2 and 'Nam knees
computer softwares tom's knees
lovers, sluts, and doms knees
mountain climbing robs knees
fat, wide, and globed knees
your knees my knees
used knees
wise knees
carry you where ever you go
