by Megan Neville

body double/shot       so much body in your breath – body & wave        at your body

& soul                  full-bodied shaming      collective body/guard        for the body of work

             some/body made         check/mate this body            with any/body            he just

wants your body           politic with light-bodied wine          hold mine for gold

             heavenly bodies revolving around me               yes me a body myself         with

bodily autonomy    from Jennifer’s body         snatchers invading      body shop    body love

bringing up body          of Christ          & don’t forget the blood            the full-bodied wine

              poured out in the sacristy       governing/body dysmorphia             bodily harm in the

form of scent                 informed consent       to not take this body     it will not be given up

                           for you or for all           my body, its own temple of dis/embody/ment

of evidence     from the whole       body of knowledge        that no/every/body slammed us

             out/of-body experience           this dry run for your life               from the mortification

                          of the flesh

 

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Megan Neville is a writer and educator based in Cleveland, Ohio. Her work has been published by or is forthcoming in English Journal, Belt Magazine, Whiskey Island, Into the Void, The Esthetic Apostle, Rabbit Catastrophe Review, Kissing Dynamite, and others. Her chapbook Rust Belt Love Song is available from Game Over Books. She tweets @MegNev and blogs at MeganNevillePoetry.com.