January 2, 1987 (I was 42)
getting in shape
Fool the body with physical tasks
muscular distractions, diversionary tactics
Busy the mind with energy burn
leg churning arm swinging breast beating
until thought leaks perspiration and heat
steamy images formed and reformed each breath
until impossible associations become logical.
Endurance comes from benign connections.
Malicious thought fatigues. Think right and run forever.
Caught off the footpath and immediately in
trouble.
Stationary thoughts may get dangerous, may be
recorded-
too introspective, too deep, too convoluted,
too big.
Quick, eat something, make it all stop, choke
on calories.
No. Choose
water and rice and isolation. It works
awhile.
Time passes. When time passes discipline is said to be
easier.
Temptation is the one to become impotent.
Art is the exercise to keep the sedate body
thin.
So it’s that or running in the dark.
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