07: The Body - July 2021

Bare Your Neck To Heaven

This is the axis upon which your existence spins, widdershins The world plummets onto the expanse of your back  and you crumble under its weight Knees buckling, lungs burning, screaming, gasping for air But you do not let it fall Mountains burrow their snowy peaks into your skin Oceans roll past your shoulder, spilling briny rivers to mingle with your veins A sleepy valley tucks into your nape and crushes flowers against your flushed vessel…

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07: The Body - July 2021

Atlas Slips

The first cervical vertebra is called the atlas  and it holds up the skull Beneath our feet, Atlas shifts and grunts trembling under the weight of the heavens nestled where his neck melts into his shoulder The funny thing is there is nothing holy here hidden in our skulls Amma drowns our house in incense and wafts curling smoke into my face from a plate of fire Blessings and purification, she says as she spins…

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