imbalancing act
the mechanisms in me
don’t seem
to work well for balance
and
for movement
so I walk with care
and try not
to place myself in situations
meaning vehicles or
high-
up buildings
in which my feet will forget
and other parts of me
think
frankly
about heaving
and now with pills
more delicate
than
had been usual
and troublesome enough
funny thing on boats
I do okay
and maybe an
irony
it’s the gimbal-movement
I prefer
and I don’t know
I might find
somehow
the rounded-rounding steps a treat
maybe I simply like the water
with
the exercise of breathing
between water-air
and me
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only about me—I hope that is all right and even that you might relate (or appreciate the different perspective)
photo by Aaron Burden on Unsplash
Lent 28
We learn
That we have toes
They are small
And essential,
Keeping the rest upright
We might lose the toes
Or never have them
All right,
Other parts are trained
With the impulse of surprise
A finger can be worked until
It learns to raise the rest
New balance
More exact
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Nicholas A. Tonelli from Pennsylvania, USA – Floored
(Tonelli photographing toenails)
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