Blessed be the bone spur,
the shin splint, the stress
fracture.
Commend the cataract,
the contusion, the carbuncle.
Hail the hoof and mouth
disease, the high
blood pressure, the herpes.
Praise to the pneumonia,
the pertussis, the pink eye.
Blessed be all that is bent
and broken, the heart that
beats and beats and beats.
Whether diseased or decaying,
without it, you would not have
a tongue to curse or bless.
To curse the body is to forget
you have a body.