[washed]

take. eat. this is
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.