This year holds bodies
Changing places with bodies.
This body holds years

Moving. Bodies ballooning to the sound 
of curled limbs making 
music. This year holds bodies

Climbing. Bodies pressing to propel over 
bodies escaping moments
of pain. This body holds years

Waiting. Bodies timing arrival on shore with
calculated ounces of sand cradled 
in hourglasses. This year holds bodies

Consuming. Bodies absorbing sweet produce 
oozing from bodies straining 
for tenderness. This body holds years

Consuming. Straining tenderness from bodies 
changing places with bodies.
This year holds bodies holding
this body. This body holds years holding.