Recent Beautiful Thing

The story of my red right ankle. Arriving via snail mail and my right foot.

This is the story of your red right ankle
And how it came to meet your leg
And how the muscle, bone, and sinews tangled
And how the skin was softly shed
And how it whispered, "Oh, adhere to me
For we are bound by symmetry
And whatever differences our lives have been
We together make a limb"

This is the story of your red right ankle.

-The Decemberists, "Red Right Ankle"