after the fall

Jenny Clay

the Irish physiotherapist
is teaching me to
balance
on tip-toe
on one foot
_
the one with the tension
_
when I sit
she presses
her fingers
into the tendons
_
my teeth clench
_
is the pain easing?
she asks

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