Jenny Hval
Enough with the Breathing
I came back
With a broken summer and a broken spine
Grazed by the heat
And stung by the night
Tried yoga, couldn't
Wasn't the stretches
Wasn't the stretches, nor the downward dog
Wasn't the stretches, nor the downward dog
Wasn't breathing thing
Upside down
I felt my organs falling out through my throat
One by one:
Liver, lungs
Liver, lungs, lungs, liver
Then the vocal cords
Then the vocal cords
Flowed like seaweed out of my mouth
Enough with the breathing
Keep them in
They came fast like fingers
Inside-out in one snap