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MENS SANA IN CORPORE SANO


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swan dive

by ani difranco

swan dive
Marshall Wayne swan dives at the 1936 Olympic Games

I'm cradling the softest
warmest part of you in my hands.
It feels like a baby bird
fallen from the nest.
I think that your body
is something I understand.
I think that I'm happy.
I think that I'm blessed...


But I've had a lack of inhibition,
I've had a loss of perspective,
and I've had a litte bit to drink,
and it's making me think
that I can jump ship and swim
that the ocean will hold me,
that there's got to be more
than the boat I'm in.

Cuz they, call me crazy if I fail.
but all the chance that I need
is one in a million;
and they can call me brilliant
if I succeed.

Gravity is nothing to me
I'm moving at the speed of sound.
I just want to get my feet wet
until I drown.

I teeter between tired
and really really tired
I'm wiped and I'm wired
but I guess it's just as well.

Cuz I've built my own empire
outta car tires and chicken wire
and now I'm queen of my own compost heap
and I'm getting used to the smell.

And I've got a lack of information
and I've had a little revelation
and I'm climbing up on the railing
trying not to look down.

And I'm gonna do my best to swan dive
into shark infested waters.
I'm gonna pull out my tampon
and just start splashing around.

Cuz I don't care if they eat me alive
I've got better things here to do than survive

I've got a memory of warm skin in my hands,
and I've got a vision of blue sky and dry land.

I'm cradling the hardest, heaviest part of me in my hands
and the ship is pitching and heaving
and my limbs are bobbing and weaving
and I think that this is one thing I understand

I just need a couple vaccinations
For my faraway vacation
and I'm gonna go ahead an go boldly
because a little bird told me
that jumping is easy
and falling is fun
right up until you hit the sidewalk
shivering and stunned.

Cuz they call me crazy if I fail.
All the chance that I need
is one in a million and they can call me brilliant
if I succeed.

Gravity is nothing to me
I'm moving at the speed of sound
I just want to get my feet wet
until I drown.
I just wanna get my feet wet
until I drown.
I just want to get my feet wet
until I drown.


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