Love Poem: Circulation
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Written by: Nancy Jones

Circulation

you crawl up under someone's skin 
'cause you like to swim in those 
warm, soft, cozy spaces 
where life pulses 
arterial cushiness

eventually 
tho 
the heartbeat that wooed 
gonna throb you to the capillaries 
and osmosis you to some nasty happenin's 
in the colon 
kidneys 
liver 
gall bladder...

not to mention the hard places 
like the marrow of the knuckles 
where calcification is more likely 
than not.

long way to the veins from there 
(23 feet in the intestines alone)

takes some backbone 
and a hit or two of kundalini 
to navigate the trip

and return to the heart.