one shoulder asymmetrical wear for wedding

The way our bodies are made, the intricacies, the way
bone is surrounded by ligament, tendon, tissue, skin,

the way blood flows, and air enters pathways to
oxygenate our bodies, to give us breath, Nafas,

the way the brain works, is formed---the way our eyes
are set, and made, even the adrenal glands refurbish

our bodies, while we sleep, with what it takes to make us
resilient, alive, awake; the way our feet are formed:

metatarsals, calcaneus, cuboid, navicular----the way
the bottom of my tibia, and its uppermost part, bends and curves

forward, to fit, something like a golf ball, into the waiting bone
above it; the way corpuscles and veins are mapped throughout

the body, the cartography of blood---and paths, tiny rivers
that blood makes, routing its way through us, keeping us---alive.

"We are fearfully, and wonderfully----made...."

revision 3

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revision 1

The way our bodies are made,
the intricacies, the way bone
is surrounded by ligament, tendon,

tissue, skin, the way blood flows,
and air enters pathways
to oxygenate our bodies, to give us

breath, Nafas, the way the brain
works, is formed---the way our eyes
are set, and made, the way even

adrenal glands refurbish our bodies,
while we sleep, with what it takes
to make us resilient, alive, awake,

the way our feet are formed, metatarsals,
calcaneus, cuboid, navicular; the way
the bottom of my tibia, and its uppermost part,

bends and curves forward, to fit,
something like a golf ball, into
the waiting bone above it;

the way corpuscles and veins are mapped
throughout the body, the cartography of blood
and paths, tiny rivers that blood makes

routing its way through us, keeping us
----alive. We are fearfully, and
wonderfully----made

~

mh

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revision 2

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The way our bodies are made, the intricacies, the way
bone is surrounded by ligament, tendon, tissue, skin,

the way blood flows, and air enters pathways to oxygen-
ate our bodies, to give us breath, Nafas, the way the brain

works, is formed---the way our eyes are set, and made,
the way even adrenal glands refurbish our bodies, while

we sleep, with what it takes to make us resilient, alive, awake,
the way our feet are formed, metatarsals, calcaneus, cuboid,

navicular; the way the bottom of my tibia, and its uppermost part,
bends and curves forward, to fit, something like a golf ball, into

the waiting bone above it; the way corpuscles and veins are mapped
throughout the body, the cartography of blood---and paths, tiny rivers one shoulder asymmetrical wear for wedding

that blood makes, routing its way through us, keeping us---alive.
"We are fearfully, and wonderfully----made....