Some go to the gym, the temple where they pray with their sweat and give hot bursts of breath as offerings.
Others go to the docs, slinking onto the soft sofas where anxieties are waved and aired out. Soft clouds of grief and despair float from their lips.
Not you.
You go to her. Drop to your knees.
Waiting, trembling for her to diagnose and solve your ailments.
The smell wafts from her leather boots the sweetest aromatherapy.
Your mind hurts. She slaps your face, grips your jaw and ejects saliva in your eager mouth.
As her spit trickles, as the burn in your cheeks subsides, your thoughts calm.
Your heart hurts. The pinch of the clamps cuts right through your breastbone, warming your chest.
Weights are hung off the ends. Your eyes roll back and your back arches, then relaxes, vertebra licking like coins.
Your soul hurts; is twisted in knots. The gag tightens around the back of your head, as she pushes you face down.
Like a beast pulling a plow, you are mounted. Whipped. Plugged.
At that moment, you heard a sharp snap.
You are aligned. Whole.
They have their therapy; you have yours.
