// Muscle //
There’s a golden rule about muscles
no one should forget.
If you don’t use it,
you lose it.
Some people have walked out of my life without
ever coming in.
Since then, I have subjected my legs,
my core,
my arms,
to the unclogging of memories of subtle rejection.
Muscle memory is hard to forget
especially if you practice as hard as I.
I am practicing this as each day goes by,
using every bit of painful remembrance
and all possible muscle groups.
All except one.
I forgot to mention, fellow listeners,
that I haven’t been able to feel that usual heaviness
at the centre of my chest.
You remember the golden rule about muscle?
If you don’t use it,
you lose it.
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