Weight Problem by Jennifer Pester

Weight Problem

by Jennifer Pester

The class is busy discussing

the descartian concept of souls

and how much they weigh

if at all and whether

they're part of the body

or separate floating in some

inner outer subtle space and I'm

suddenly very aware that I'm

lost that my soul is

missing severed from my body

stuck six months ago, standing

stuck by the contrast between

dark summer eyes and blinding

white winter sun realizing, that

this isn't light at all

there's a certain heaviness when

I'm with you matter has

more substance seconds become grainy

flickering film reels clicking as

I move you move heavily