I lower my butt to sit on my heels
my knees do fold
my hips can roll!

I lift my butt to stand up tall
my legs are great
I’m having a ball!

Then I do it again.

You call for me
you beg me
you threaten me
you give me orders
you require me to
fit in and
act in certain ways
and behave.
You tell me how I’m doing
and what I’m worth
and I
I keep coming back to you
for more.

All is always about you
but guess what
I’ll do the same to the next person.

graceful
smooth
fluid

effortless
easily available
without or with little resistance

wrestled
hard-forced
not available

flip flick twist twirl slide push pull dab probe pinch poke scratch rub palpate penetrate

glide
slide
rub
scratch
shave
graze
scrape
grind
rasp
grate

dust
clay
silt
sand
grit
dirt
gravel
pebbles
cobbles
boulders

It takes only a minute
to bury a bird
say in the backyard
below two trowels of dirt.

My dear cat at the doorstep
sits longer in doubt
considering if
she should stay in or go out.

Syllables 7557, rhyme ABCB, this poem is strongly inspired by Billy Collins, „Predator”.

To improve the knees
we need to work on the hip joints and glutes
and on the pelvic tilt and the pelvic clock
and on the flexibility of the chest
and on how the movements of the chest relate to the pelvis and legs
and how the eyes prevent or further the movements of the chest
and how habitual tension in the hands stiffen the neck and shoulders
and it might just be that
if the toes and ankles can’t respond fully in walking
the knees will not improve…
I mean… …who has time for all that?