Saturday, February 27, 2010

not carved in stone

without harm, i witnessed,
on my arm, a mole
be subsumed whole,
as if my body knew what it were doing.

no need for training
or scientific stamp of approval.
no post-grad program in mole-removal.

with this consumption, i thought,
went some assumptions i'd been taught:

that our mortal and mental coils
were more like foibles---
happy/sad accidents not our own,
though they were etched in necklace millstones;

that living is a superfluous luxury
though we more resemble static statuary.



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