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A Space to Train and Exit

Maybe California’s just plain easier,

with the commonness

of outbuildings. Raw-looking cedar or sheet

metal walls and a runnel

of sun getting in through the roof seams.

Position the heavy bag, tighten the eyebolt,

twenty-five right hooks. Or pull up

a chair and compose your suicide note.

A space to train and exit.

The purpose of having a body at all

is to practice, to practice

the keeping alive of domestic

animals and plants. You dispense to yourself

some minerals and water. You expose

yourself to the sun and it helps

you remember to do the same for those

in your charge. If you could equip

them with all they require, or make them

require nothing, you wouldn’t

need your body at all.