I bought expensive running shoes
as though I thought perhaps
they would be like batteries
for my legs
but jogging was like I remembered it
the last time I tried
I had to remind my feet
to thump onward
to try bouncing
to carry my torso
just a little further
yet when I stop
after two laps of the lake
my skin is awake
and I smile at everyone
remembering that this is why
they call it jogging
because the pounding
jostles loose
all the stuck joy.