It's not exactly verse or movement, but I'm certain there's inspiration to be found in this recent quote from Dolly Parton:
"They do seem like public property in a way. They served me well – I don't know if I'm supporting them or they're supporting me."
– Dolly Parton, on her breasts, to Ladies' Home Journal
This is a rough edit of the documentation of the Live Bodiverse Non-performance from 10/28.
Movement, Text, & Voice Recording: Melanie Miller
Live Music: Manfred Fischbeck
Video: Mathew Davis
Body Writings: Megan Bridge, Angela C. Gilberto, Brian Mawser, Jeff Carter, Erika Twining, Ashley Wood, Michael Balotti, Cheryl Carson, Nan Greis, Drew Greis, Lois Welk, Terry Fox
Bring your hands here,
a rendezvous with sun
& spine, your fingers mingling as buttons & holes.
We include our impulses in everything,
tucking into envelopes & contracts
glued to our heart.
When you said you had
a "bitchin" time, your tongue
persevered longer than our
joints, which moved in solar & lunar opposition.
This is what we call
empowerment, age seeping
into solar plexus, hands,
spine, joints, then heart.
This text was written in less than 10 minutes using the 17 words that were written on my body as part of the 10/28 interactive live Bodiverse event at the Meetinghouse Theater in Philadelphia.
