Pull your belly button

                      into your spine, assume

                                             dog facing down

                                                                      position

Point your eyes toward the

                      window, lift one leg,

                                              now inhale, exhale,

                                                                     inhale, exhale,

                       huh    huh    huh   phoo   phoo,   phoo,

they’re all exhaling

                     while I lie prone,

                                            belly button touching

the cool mat, spine

                       curved, legs flat,

                                             dog craving water

From Sugar and Sand (Full Court Press, 2009)
Used here with the author's permission.