I have my period again

But I won’t complain:

I’m not carrying around 

A bean sized human being.

Hallelujah.

I’m surrounded

By English accents

From three continents,

A playwright 

Who studied at Cambridge and Columbia

Who never fails

To offer coffee,

Dying plants that need love,

Theater props,

Hats and mandolins.

The mat next to my desk

Is warning me:

Any activity

Involving motion

Height 

Speed

Rotations

And/or physical contact

Creates the possibility of serious injury

Including paralysis

And even death.

I will keep that in mind

And for today I will limit myself

To leaps of the imagination.