Exercise

The devil of the

open day

to sweat or not to sweat

that was never the question,

though it was today –

 

Each foot

slamming the sidewalk

each leg

a lead weight

heavier than the next

 

For them –

my three

earnest little beasts –

I can not dissolve underground

 

You had to go

but I am here

to take care of them

and love them

 

and laugh at the ridiculous

beautiful

things

they say.