It’s flabby in here
sausages sausages
clip your hangnails
don’t ignore your warts
get to know the cheeses and blood
of your body
that fold to you
and holds the weekend beer
and the beans soaked in vinaigrette
and the ingrown hairs
smear test smear test
every September
because the HPV clings on
with everything else.
Good body. You’re twenty-six today.
Happy birthday.
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