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Lisa Helfer, M.A., is a journalist, poet, a 2007 Beverly Hills Film Festival Screenwriting competition finalist (along with co-writer J.J. Jones), and a Vinyasa Yoga teacher (certified by the National Yoga Alliance). She is also the founder of Yoga for Weddings. www.yogaforweddings.com. |
© 2006 Lisa Helfer
She was born in the Ivory Coast.
After the nurses washed her clean,
they scrubbed her newborn skin lightly with a loofah,
coaxed her pores to receive light and air.
A pocket for her heart
was sewn with sweet fragrance
by goddesses
who appeared in sets of three and then
decorated her spirit with ten fingers and ten toes.
In another corner of the world,
a drop of honey is placed on the lips of every newborn.
The prime movers of first-wave feminism will be performing songs today
about sugary inductions such as these:
Of Being - In Esse.
Of well being - De bene esse.
In flight - Stewardesse,
In omnipotence - Goddesse.
In anticipation of future
departures,
arrivals,
layovers,
stopovers,
meal choices,
and securely fastened seatbelts.
The science of courting fire
is complex and immeasurable,
remote,
unknowable,
erotic,
and wise.
A pocket for her heart
was sewn with sweet fragrance
by goddesses
who appeared in sets of three and then
decorated her spirit with ten fingers and ten toes.
All work is property of Lisa Helfer.
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