Sam Haskins, Cheating Ace, 1964
Pretend that I’ve forgotten who I am
and it’s your job to remind me: say my name
and tell me all about my body, what it wants
and what you’ll make it do. Pretend we’re sick,
describe the symptoms: our wild slam-
ming hearts, our fever-flush, our violet veins
throbbing. Pretend I’m blind, and tell me what
you see. Pretend it’s possible to think
after you speak, that body can trump brain
which can trump body, translating the words
into impulses, firing from nerve
to twinkling nerve. Pretend we’ve found the way
to heal, between things and names, the divide:
you be the signifier. I’ll be signified.
Ali Shapiro
What I’ll make your body do?
I hardly know where to begin.
need a help?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cumaean_Sibyl
Mmmm… I’d probably consult this guy first.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alex_Comfort
Feel free to send me an online face slap.
high expectations
Says it all…