My pelvis is tight because
my jaw is tight and
my jaw is tight because
have you seen the
state of this place
My vagus nerve is stuck
clenched up at the base of my skull
yeah ok and
someone wants to sell me a
wellness plan with daily exercises
for that and
fine
some days I want to sit on
a rock with my
sufferings
and just
not
buy
in
The squirrel leaping from the bird feeder
clearing the fence like she can fly
but she cannot
the squirrel is as loose as the
day she was nested
The woodpecker is so free that she
doesn’t even know
her tongue musculature is wrapped
around her brain to keep it from
vibrating into a million pieces
She is never embarrassed to be
loud, repetitive, slightly dazed
She leaves a mess of holes
behind
Oh how my fractured consciousness needs
a muscle that immobilizes my brain and
my tongue
hugging them tightly together
shush
both of you shush
hold on to trees and listen for bugs
so that, when the time is right
you will fling yourself over
fences
loose
and
free
written on the beautiful grounds of Sisters of St Joseph’s convent, Baden, PA