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Article: Body and Soul.
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- Poetry
- Article date:
- July 1, 2002
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BODY AND SOUL
They grow up together
but they aren't even fraternal
twins, they quarrel a lot
about where to go and what
to do, the body complains
about having to carry
the soul everywhere as if
it were some helpless cripple,
and the soul snipes that it can go
places the body never dreamed of,
then they quarrel over which one of them
does the dreaming, but the truth is,
they can't live without each other and
they both know it, anima, animosity,
the diaphragm pumps like a bellows
and the soul pulls out all the stops--
sings at the top of its lungs, laughs
at its little jokes, it would like
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