These atoms will change shape

Tomorrow, or in ten years

or in fifty

I will seep back into the earth

As if I am sinking into a mattress.

The ground will be a cushion

for my bones.

My skin will fall away

Like a silk dressing gown

Dropping to the floor.

I will be skinny again

Skinnier than I’ve ever been

And it won’t take long,

This new diet:

It won’t take long at all.

It will be the ultimate detox

The most invigorating facial.

I will be a new woman.

And a thousand different kinds

of insect

will feast on me, and

carry me with them

They will cover me like canvas

I will be a part of them

I will feed the grass. 

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