ASS WITHIN AN ASS


by Daniel Bailey

i am thinking in terms of biology
my brain thinks, i am here alone in my kitchen
and i cannot reason why
my heart thinks, to move blood through the body
my ass thinks, it feels good to sit here after such a long walk
my legs agree with my ass
theologians say that the body exists
to carry the soul from one place to another
i feel the opposite
my soul gives my body a reason
to function without deciding not to function
my spine believes, everything is crooked
there is reason and then there is function
I don't know the difference
between
the meaning of life
and
pondering
the meaning of life
it is sticking your hand into the world's largest afro
my ass believes it is time
to sit down and think
my ass is deep and wants to go deeper
and deeper until
it is an ass within
an ass