CORPS À CORPS

Body symbol, body icon.

Invented, reinvented, stylized, patterned,
Idealized, magnified,
Figured, transfigured, disfigured,
Tied, sacked, violated, mutilated,
Devastated, tormented, revolted,
Finally liberated.

Raw body, pure body, mature body
Passion and vibration,
Emotion, revelation,
Freed, accomplished,
Enriched, blossomed,
Magical body in its fullness,
Bearer, protector,
Matrix, transmitter,
Guardian of our lives,
Bodies that speak of wounds, tears,
Battles and victories,
Enigmatic witness,
Written at world scale.