"What slips between my fingers, o father?"
Son Jack asks, shaking his decayed fingers.
The father responds with a quick stutter,
"Just sand, m'boy."
And that was all he needed to know,
As the bones slipped from his pocket-flesh,
Trickling with Gold and dirt.

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Sand
"What slips between my fingers, o father?"
Son Jack asks, shaking his decayed fingers.
The father responds with a quick stutter,
"Just sand, m'boy."
And that was all he needed to know,
As the bones slipped from his pocket-flesh,
Trickling with Gold and dirt.