Monday, December 9, 2019

changing shape



my middle toe is bent
crudely rubbing the top 
of my Birkenstock

flicking off the ground 
beneath my right foot
forgetting how it used to rest
on the cushion underneath

the soft skin of its waist stands awkwardly erect
posed forever downward dog

until it fuses again
with another bone

moved to relationship 
by proximity
and shared tension
by a receptive capacity for joining
and a body that fights itself

with each swell it changes shape
and i learn to recognize myself, anew




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