Page 76 - the foreign language of motion

creasing. Density. The
folding back circle around weight of half of pelvis moves other half. Throat transitions the opening of arm blade
Dropped and held at once tense and circling at
once reaching, softly she steadies gravity’s existence.
Fingertips reach toward the weighted illusion of openness, turn the protective enclosure
of ribs as they float and fall, float and fall, a zoo encasing the animals of the organs
Pelvis smoothly run its anchor out, connects distal ends of fingertips to edges of sphere Plates of bones press
and release constantly.
Very strong arteries. Phone wire ligaments.
Messages so clear they are unsettling.
Open all accounts to light. Press to earth, typed by breath.
Tuck the pressure of wrist
under and feel the blood pumping in the veins, birdlike aligned beside brachial artery, briefly.
Femur leans soft ribs receive
Swing around to give and take and take and give and
take and take and give and give and take the hand outreaches
birds wrist only just traced
Subtle thoughts of a mouth, memory fed.
Pressure along elbow to engage the lymph nodes, press and rolled dough. Every pore made awake and stretched,
walking, fed,
bleach
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