Dialoguing the Critical Curvature

Dialoguing the Critical Curvature
Cervical:
Mind can overcome matter
of footbones, ankles, knees,
hip lumbar limbered up
cervical nattering
snare drum kit of the static
vertebral crackle
jaw like lightning
Thoracic:
masseuse uses elbows
deep sweeps trigger points
disarming, from limping, mechanically
rotating swing step on magically
stretching risers of stairs
to enlimpating the limbs
hesitation becomes abstract
I’m fine faltering mid-
stroke, deep scapula
release impart a spark
connection restored a hum of cheer
-ful resistance, rubbed smooth
Lumbar:
unshackled from strain,
loosened from flesh’s flares
drooling into a pool
of liquid potential energy
found.
Sacral:
slipped disc spas-
med moan
segued to ooohh
hhh.
ahhh.
Coccyx:
The good leader is he whom the people revere.
The great leader is he of whom the people say,
“We did it ourselves.”
–Lao Tzu