no photos, respect the dead
but they are on display

give a donation, place a sol coin above the glass enclosure
they’ve called home since being dug up

but i could be in this room for hours

the archaeologist inside tearing out of me from my eyes

feasting on the leathery look of preserved skin

noticing where hair is still visible, stuck to the skull

counting the exposed tendons from toe knuckle to nail

and I want to know more
and feel more
and taste…

i am not a professional archaeologist

but for a moment in that room i could almost feel
what might have been