I may be evolving after every meal
but some unfortunates are victims of vertebrae
the spine’s base, nestled into the pelvic bowl
has yet no arms to reach
and grab the railing for support.
Perhaps I do not understand your
corrupt biology. Your own method of turning
ground flour into bone. But we are not supported
solely by the calcified frame of our bodies.
Sinuous expanding flesh works when we
are sleeping. These muscles
replenish themselves and will last until
doctors finish construction on plastic man
inside mt. charleston

You reach out your hand to me
“oh my aching back, oy vay,
we are all victims of time,
someone quick, get the nurse”
I will walk on all fours I say, I will not use my body
as a standby vehicle, waiting until death to relax.