So many years spent regretting them:
Too broad and flabby, too wide
For jeans, precursors to thighs
I could never love, foundation
For my pear-shaped form. 

Now Ron wants them engaged:
They are the center
Of attention. Without their power
My punches go nowhere.
"Work your booty," 
He admonishes and for once
I think they might be worth
Their weight in gold.
"Engage the hips," he shouts.
Because I can go nowhere
Without them, I listen.

From Saturday at the Gym.
Used with the author’s permission.