Images read:

a painting

young small bodies shift in stutters
model bodies that don’t make mistakes until
they shake with the weight of time
clothes that sit just right
ah, there

cold slab of marble with warm tea, steam
take my picture i’ve made the frame
sumptuous clarity steeping in her precisely dewy curls center part
just a touch is all that’s needed
for symmetry can balance and unbalance in ways that will make you feel like a king
to spin with control

is the drone the tyranny of ballets influence on their toes?
spread and reaching,
knobby knuckled babies ‘hands to the sky
is that why the drone is beautiful and powerful and distant and close?
is that why i feel suspicious?

formalism, when it works, hits me like a cool breeze or cold water
delicious yes
but no
rather
the virtuousness of drinking a green smoothie
subtle sweetness infused with the sharp delectable taste of catching the teachers eye
swallow knowing you will be getting the A

the consequences are yet to be understood
in the meantime i eat clean
chase alignment
control the spin