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knuckles,
where intermediate phalanges meet
proximals;
they rap
(a hollow noise)
onto breastbones,
to create
smiles and laughter
and wonder.
but put your ear to his chest
to hear a beating heart
and realize,
he's made the same
just like everyone else.
and in some aspects
this is a let down,
but also a relief.

you thought,
maybe,
a heart does not control this boy
nor a mind, a machine
but something else
to make him so different.

but his blood pumps through his veins
like every other human
and in this thought
he was born the same
and he will age the same,
with you
but he lives different,
very much so.