fifth position (intrusive
thoughts at ballet camp)
the feet form two parallel lines
the toe of one foot in as much contact
as possible with the heel of the other
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you were practicing an adagio
and moonlight sonata played from a live
piano guiding the mind to a thought
that hovered over your leg extensions
and you waited for it to pass the way
thoughts do it followed you out
of the mirrored room down the hall
through the house of your longest
dream yet this will be your mind now
and doctors will want the thought’s content
as if the content were scarier
than its frequency tell them
it’s a voice because a rule of dance
is the body’s every move gets a name
though there’s none for this technically you can
hear only today’s piano and your feet
landing together in opposite directions
and right now you think your head
is the only one needing a blow
from the floor to forget itself for just
a beat when every beat carries
an underbeat now and now and
now this is your mind now
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