March 2019 from Other Honey by The Michael Character
Tracklist
| 4. | March 2019 | 1:25 |
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March 2019
I reread my poem from January and it doesn’t hurt anymore
It felt like reading something old, encased in glass you aren’t allowed to touch
Like a museum visit
Once I stood in front of the Dexter Street Baptist Church where Dr. King preached in Montgomery and tried really, really hard to make a meaningful memory.
I relaxed my body to hazard a meditative stare
Deep breaths
But all I could do was stand
And know
The feeling never came.
Perhaps the lesson was in the mundanity.
I broke veg and ate half a rack of meaty, center-cut ribs after we left the church.
At the next rest stop I walked like I was underwater
Rib speed
My body struggling for every muscle twitch, every joint bent
I embodied the heaviness I couldn’t feel
By the next rest stop that heaviness was gone too.
