UTRUNNING
      MONSTERS
     
    
   
   
    
     
      unning
      in
      the
      early
      evening
     
     
      hen
      it
      is
      not
      quite
      day
     
     
      ind
      not
      quite
      night.
     
     
      My
      Adidas
      sneakers
      beat
     
     
      ny
      heart
      on
      the
      pavement—thump
      thump
      thump
     
     
      Quickening
      with
      every
      minute
      spent
      in
      desired
      torture:
     
     
      Jello
      Legs
      and
      Sweaty
      Neck
      protest
     
     
      with
      Greedy
      Lungs,
      craving
      more
      air
      than
      what
      is
      allowed.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Thump,
      thump,
      thump,
      thump,
      thump.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      let
      go
      of
      all
      thoughts.
     
     
      [he
      breeze
      on
      my
      face
      a
      welcome
      invitation
     
     
      s
      |
      force
      this
      meeting
      with
      air.
     
     
      All
      day’s
      worries
     
     
      lown
      away,
     
     
      eparating
      mind
      from
      body.
     
     
      jlancing
      behind
      and
      ahead
     
     
      choose
      body
     
     
      and
     
     
      break
     
    
   
   
    
     
      forward.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      hristine
      Gordon
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Artie
      is
      my
      little
      newt
     
    

    
     
      He
      is
      very,
      very
      cute
     
    

    
     
      He’s
      all
      black
     
    

    
     
      with
      a
      bright
      orange
      tummy
     
     
      He
      thinks
      bottom
      feeder
      tablets
     
     
      are
      yummy.
     
    

    
     
      He
      doesn’t
      do
      much
     
    

    
     
      Except
      sit
      in
      his
      tree
     
    

    
     
      and
      do
      nothing
      at
      all
     
    

    
     
      but
      that’s
      ok
      with
      me.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      I
      love
      my
      newt!!
     
    
   
   
    
     
      JB