Another Rex

[solopsided]

there are points
of light
that shine at night
which prick
the unprepared skin

points
that bite
are points that might become
assimilated
into this skin when ready

the bones that break
and muscles make
of a better body
of a man

but the bones do shake
and nails will rake
across flesh full of cushion

the points remind
the mind rewind
to the battles of a callow youth.