For years

I have subdued my own body
to the family
to the husband
to the children
to the space
to the city

 

Now it rises in revolt.

 

Its shapes threaten
to clog the streets
to break the trees in the parks
to topple the buildings
to spill out beyond these
rusted
grayed
peeled
hulking buildings and walls

 

My own body
can no longer contain me.