like many
she was born
in a hospital
among many
like some
of many
she was born
in philadelphia
among some
in a hospital
with some
afterwards
she sat
at a desk
in classes
like many
unlike some
who couldn't go
who don't sit
at desks or
in buildings
with many
she shook hands
at the podium
with the some
and some could not
attend the ceremony
could never attend
with not very much
of anything
to give to some
or themselves
or anyone
though some
of some
made babies
she did not
though she could
and some cannot
or do not
even if they have
the most proper
kind of house
or even if they
held a ceremony
like many
in a chapel
though some
choose vegas
some choose
many ceremonies
and some can't
choose
among these
specific choices
and she is among many
who haven't chosen
at least not yet
since there are many
more choices
she can now make
though only some
are available only
some of the some
she'd prefer to do
or perhaps one
which is to say
nothing saving
some
of what
is preferred
which some find
generally preferable
unlike many who would
much rather
do many things
particularly those things
that many
are doing
ideally there things
moves up rests
down bunches up
crunches down
folds frivolously
against edges
slumps down
is not necessarily broken
is not necessarily bruised
on the body
is not necessarily broken
in the body
is broken and bruised
somewhere else
the lover
the clerk
the body
the dinner guests
they all know
this thing
can be done
with that body
that thing
with one hand
look mom one hand
see the sinewy body move
does the body do that
its tiny parts suspicious
mr. body: is the rope
in the study
or the billiards room?
or leaking or measuring
the body a container the
body a sieve
is very
calculating
and the body
is an I
or a number
(sorry body)
now tango
(pleasure of
mine)
there where you
want your body to be
you are gladly
always moving there
body how I love
how close
this body of
water where I
visit I say
in the body
of an email
I say how
we'll go
of the body
it holds you there
and is held
the body will look
like that and act
like this perhaps
one day
I'd like to move
closer like that
but can't
we follow there
where others are
some of the bodies
familiar
the way they go
meanwhile the cargo is in a process
however mundane
we carry
sometimes my suitcase is this considerable
precious dovecote
what peeks, cooing
we measure the distance from shelf to shelf
through board game stacks to get better at
how many taboos
before the buzzing takes you out
the playing field suddenly a jolt
of laughing
over the holidays
the times were bright
and there were leftovers
meanwhile what doesn't fit in
isn't made room for
what product can be wrangled from
the production of sitting
craft my legs into an adverb so that
my motions can be adjusted
according to the way people go
along the beach no swimming
when storm drain water is the barrier between
reservation and recklessness
a croquet idea and the whacking away
the wickets all lined up
in the terminal little volumes can alter
a sure bet I shouldn't
the knots between your shoulders are a mightier draw
I knead them how stupidly
and check the monitor again
tin in my inbox
meanwhile the troops are moving as
before, slipping through the pipelines
this is the way the world
chases its own
tail following its own
turd, the turf matted down
but no tourniquet in the cabinet
or elsewhere
if I believed in the three rule
some third would always be lurking
to chisel out a triplet from the mish-mash
tidy pillars to run
around and the tooth fairy
cramming her fingers under the sheets
meanwhile impressions are being made all over
someone is blogging about theirs
these days piece molds come in too many pieces
this hour this evening this method of parsing out tasks
click through to a template, come plug and
away, a distance to type across
when I say I'm here the implication being
there are many who aren't
I'll tell you so over holiday beets now that I know
there is such a thing as seasonal
with all the tomatoes stacked in a neat pyramid
who knew it isn't the right time
normally reproduction waylays more intricate patterns
but the downpour renders vision inconsequential
when rain permits the backyard its distinct shapes
a leaf, a wooden table, the hollow grill
every surface made visible by its timbre