Body Treatment
Treat your body like it
belongs to someone
you love. Oh, no, not
the guy who leaves
you black-eyed,
balled-up in a corner,
iPhone speed-dialing
9-1-1. And not the good
-looking health food
addict who checks you
out only after praising
the purifying qualities
of special bran flours.
And not the aged yogi
declaiming your body
a temple of gold to be
visited outside class.
You look him in the eye
and see no soul, none
you'd trade for free
lessons or even the best
of bottled waters. Let
your corpus be a filter,
process and gesture
both. Then imagine all
the room you'll have
to be your one same self.
© 2015 Maureen E. Doallas
Tuesday, March 24, 2015
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2 comments:
Delightful. I enjoy the drama of eliminating supposed lovers one by wacky one. I smiled especially at "the best//of bottled waters." Also at the choice of "corpus" in the next line, with its gesture of formality, giving an unexpeccted dignity to the body.
Wonderful!
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