Wednesday, May 29, 2024

dumb bells

i ask my personal trainer,
Amber,
who has arms
that bulge with muscles
and veins,
i ask her
why they call them dumb bells,
these weights
attached to bars.
why do they attribute
a negative
adjective to an inanimate
object?
what's up with
that? i ask her.
she looks at me
and laughs.
who cares, she says, now
get on the floor fat boy,
and give me twenty.
then she puts her boot
on my back.

No comments: