Why do you even have a body?
Who hung the moon and the stars and why do we have lungs?
Drawing by Kaishi Hen, in an 18th Century Japanese anatomical atlas – The Public Domain Review
Why do you even have a body?
To carry around, to slow you down?
To dream of flying but then awake?
To help you get used to leaving life,
by becoming slower, dumber, tired out?
Of course, also to leap and land,
Beguile others (that was fun), make love, place in front…
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