girls, mine is an antidote for dingy dungeons. when your body is the play-
thing, you are never bored. stay.
first, take a good look at your feet and think
sweet sweet sweet. what terrible thoughts have your mats absorbed?
forget what you know about yoga. let’s walk on coals. let’s walk
my foals. forget the cobra. get the viper! forget
the warrior. be the sniper. imagine your enemy’s head as a fly-fest of
a melon. say after me: I am the snake in your pipes, the falling
piano and the banana peel. I know more than I let on. y’all
feel? I scream so long the black hole falls into me. shark
asana. white dwarf asana. marinara, lasagna. stop thinking
about your shopping list and mall to-do’s, you hip-swinging, gun-slinging
supermarket menace. I know you’re a spit-swilling, gin-spitting blight at
brunch, the afternoon death delight. thinking you might
gun down a room. bloody a tanning salon. we have now warmed our muscles
for the more advanced positions. ready? let’s stretch our arms into angelcore. grow
our hair into cottagecore. now we’ll work on our core. you’ll make everyone
sorry and sore. this is the fucking USSR navy ship carrying
a nuclear weapon asana. I feel it, girls! do you
feel it? do you realize? the poses are water glasses to wildfires. you want to fake
your death to friends and family? no deal. the best you can do is steal
their coins and ties. the best I can do: fly too close to sun without having any fun.
after all the kombucha and sweat lodges and organic teeth whitening kits and curtain
bangs, how can you still feel this way? we must’ve forgotten to breathe into the pain.
girls, I don’t think we can lady lazarus our way out of this one. final resting position.
you’re done. go home––put the kettle on––the blood brought to boil.
Sai Liuko (she/her) is a bad teacher, a good English graduate & an excellent Scorpio Rising from Helsinki, Finland. Her poetry has been published in 3Elements Literary Review, In the Mood Magazine, Honeyguide Literary Magazine, and others. You can find her portfolio at https://sailiuko.carrd.co/