the body is a temple?
no.
the body is
a grotesque place
with miles of intestines and
fat globs stuck to artery walls and
sweat pouring from pores
(to purify, of course)
but upstairs your buoyant brain is swimming
and barefoot you walk with hookworms hooking
microscopic viruses multiply
because
the body is a temple?
no.
the body is
a host
that feeds pesky parasites and
starving, desperate lovers and
the dehydrated ground when you die
(to fertilize, of course)
but inside your bones are rotting
and tendons are stretching
like languid aging rubber bands
because
the body is a temple?
no.
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