It must be nice to be a person who isn’t aware of their body

to fast without thinking

to be a physiological man

and have only one dominant hormone to navigate

when you try a new regimen

it must be nice to know how to process protein every day of the year

to lift a gallon of waterwithout tearing muscles

to not need to wait for someone passing by the window

to be able to unload your car

it must be nice to not feel your heart pounding out of your chest

even though your blood pressure is “fine”

to not have it wake you up

or vibrate your eyeglasses

as your face moves

to its ancietn rhythm

it must be nice to stay at a temperature where you can burn germs

where hypothermia isn’t your norm

where you don’t notice the difference

or impossibleness of half a degree variance on a thermostat

not nice in a way you’d ever ever notice,

if having only lived in that body

but sure nice from over here,

where three dominant hormones change the calculus and danger and safety of every intervention

every few days

where the body doesn’t adhere to any studies

mostly because the studies weren’t done on biological women

or plant eaters

or meditators

or anyone else who’s like me