THE BODY
Dr. V. RAMA MURTHY
The sagging body
Refuses to listen
It is curved or potty
Or piecemeal
Put it straight
It falls sideways
Put it down
It is upside down
Gather it up
It spills all over.
The hapless thing
Has no concern
For what you will
It is a discardable appendage.
That seems to say:
Death at forty is perhaps good
As the mind and body then
Are of equal age.