Your Body Is Not A Temple

YOUR BODY IS NOT A TEMPLE

Your body is not a temple
as temples were built
by hands of men.

Your body is not a temple
as a Stanford swimming champ
blessed a dumpster
and broke the seams of your
unconscious mouth.

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Only give yourself to those who love you.
Your body is a temple, they told you

when loyalty and respect are  
never natural guarantees.

You had to learn the hard way
how fish do not need bicycles. 

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You are not made of rubble and
chalkboards and purity rings.

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You are earth / song
in a pair of panties.

You are heaven / flesh
with braceleted arms.

You are meteorite
birthing fire and light.

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You are not encased
by those who claim to be holy.

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Your body was never a temple
as you stretch across magnetic fields

defying even stardust
by the blood of the moon.