object to hold (object to rest)

2022 (dimensions vary)
three found dog ribs, woven steel wire, crystalized in salt





though my basket cannot hold material,

        I wonder if metal can hold spirit,

            if it too comes from the ground?


i offer you a vessel to hold your old-dog ribs,

        bleached in light and cleansed by salt and wind

            to lie still with me, resting.