Kelley White
REVEALING
You said you’d were too embarrassed to go swimming.
Oh no, I thought, don’t bare your, well, you can guess
where I’m going with this. The antithesis of my theses.
These antidotes to our bodies. Oh, my body is the source
of my afflictions. No, I afflict my body. Dang, I can’t get
a handle on it, or a hand on the place that hurts. Love
handles. I embarrass myself. My self is the source. Sore.
The ache that heals. The healing aches. The itch means
it’s getting better. Scratch and you’ll make it worse.