The Importance of Gloves

I found this poem I wrote about five years ago, and was inspired to illustrate it:

The Importance of Gloves

See the poetry in

a face, the poetry

in the nose,

the hands of a man

His shoes, his suit

of pin stripes

and important gloves

The importance of gloves

for hands to hide and lie

hidden hiding veins, blood

molecules of truth

there is truth in the

pumping of hearts

there is truth in the travels

of blood there is truth

in the roots of our being

Our arteries of coral

vessels on oceans

ride and pulse

encoelo et enterra

There is life beneath our woolen shields

and woven severity

There is blood beneath

bloodless lips

Our bodies are not corporations

for corporations are not alive

Our cells want, need,

scream, murmur and

we do their bidding–

or should