So plagued by cholesterol~Eric Kocher
and disease. I am reminded of
each small word that makes it through to the other side,
this side, this painfully visible world.
If you eat right, if you move often enough
and quickly, certainly
at least some things can be avoided.
We all know this is not true. No matter
how many egg-whites, how much potassium,
here is this machine programmed to fail
and to fail spectacularly. In each body,
in each of our movements
there is the wake of a hundred others,
and so we must imagine,
and consider quite carefully
how we will be mourned. How we slowly build
the monster
that one day kills us.
Sunday, February 27, 2011
"My Poor Heart"
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