at the place I turn a cheek to
between anatomy of hip and certainty
where science and faith untangle
tongues, discover all languages
in that sweeping terrain
each vertebrae a patent
your secrets safe there
my heart folding out of office
in the finest drafting
gender less in ways sculptors see
‘Unstill Mosaics – The Book of Love, Loss, and Longing’ Busybird 2019.
Edgar Degas ‘La Toilette’, Private Collection Courtesy Museum of Fine Art Boston
via I Require Art.
James Walton Poetry 