Need (August)

Having to be rested, having to sleep. Dreams hardly believed possible. Having to slow, having to speed. The body sorts out stress. Having to wake, having to rise. Light alive inside the head. Having to wash, having to stretch. Body a continent without place names. Having to dress, having to dash. August, a warm coat. Having to eat, having to sustain. Having to move, having to work or the body will never come to terms. Having to meet, then part. Even the ground is temporary. Having to vary, having the unique entire shape of our city meeting the body’s needs.