Lindsay Miller
EXTRA
Did you know
not everyone is born
with this one tendon
on the underside
of our forearms?
It means that part of
our body is superfluous
like an appendix
or nipples on a man
who won’t let you
touch them.
I turn my arm over.
Flex it, discover I have
all the tendons intact
like my body wanted
to prepare for any eventuality
so when I clutch something
in the heart of my palm
maybe the odds I can hold
it there improve, so when I
examine myself I feel assured
that no part is absent or mistaken.
I already have everything
I don’t need.