Thank you, bones for all you allow, br ambling on as I am wont to do br toward duty, doom or affirmation - br jumping for joy or folding a caress. br br Why, without you I’d be grounded - br unable to dance the steps br or whirl to the tunes of the spherical muses. br br You never raise a fuss - br All snug and quiet inside - br obeying orders to advance or fade. br (but my, what a rattle you’d all make br If it weren’t for all that juice and sinew!) br br And thanks to you for subtle things br like marrowing out blood cells 24 - 7, br bending a cage for my heart br or forming a helmet for my brain. br br Thanks to all 206 of you swell guys - br never angling for praise or acclaim. br I’d get you each a card. br but lack a place to send it.