I play a dangerous game with my body
to get it to do what I want
Not at first of course
At first I try all the conventional non-invasive ways
Pulls
hoping magnetism will bring my words together
Reading others' works
drawing inspiration from someone else's ink
on to my paper
(Strangers' seeds
someone else's water
become someone else's flowers)
Sometimes my words lay too deep for a pull
too deep to be moved by others' voices
That's when I reach for the fast
popping and swilling legal-over-the-counter stimulants
in the hopes that they will dig down
and unbury what I need
What I crave
Who really needs a heart anyway
24-March-2024
Tressa Lee Breen
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