Niina Pollari I Use My Body The last time I called you it was memorable I asked you to search for money with me To help me find good examples of money in myself That don't involve me using my body As a barrier or a passageway You said "Look, I don't play that way" The echo was weird in the parking garage My brain was an underutilized muscle Puffed grotesquely under my hair So flexed Sometimes I use my body and it isn't even trying It just lolls around me like a big self-repairing suit Last week I gave myself a stab wound to the dermis And this week it knits together like magic Or a Christmas vest for a dog Which I would give away If I knew someone