Body of Work
After “Body of Work,” by Graeme Murphy (Australian choreographer)

If I could clothe myself
again. Shrug
into
jeweled solitary—
create a glove-sure sense
of fit.

Slim but not taut,
jade beaded or pearl,
close cut like glamour.
Rich color—
draped just so and just so.
And texture: Strong—
like stretch or kick.
No sign of sag
or pill.

—Courtney Cook

Courtney Cook is a reader, mother, writer, and Vermonter—in chronological order, more or less. You can read recent(ish) examples of her book reviews at the Los Angeles Review of Books and find her at C00kshop on Instagram.