my body
means
my body is food for
you and your children.
my body is nourishment
for every imperfect body,
which is all of them
because my body is
where every kind of yes begins.
smitten of God means
afflicted
means formed this way out
of all the possible ways.
anointed. washed in this.
it is an abundant
affirmation of humanity.
yes. I am. yes. I am
human. yes, as opposed to
inhuman-incomplete. yes.
as opposed to aspiring to be
the Monster-thing that you
avoid. yes.