Tough tendons fibrous bands stretch our body Attaching muscle to dense bone. Strong ligaments covered by muscle and tendon eases movement (Unseen efforts) Hold our bones together. The fat the hypodermis the last of our body’s defense From scraping precious joints and popping organs open. The soft subcutaneous fatty tissue of the skin artfully twists and proudly folds into itself Allowing our body To dance ~ To stretch out its long length Without ripping open and Without exposing cartilage. Protruding fat of a bloated stomach a history of yesterday’s and the year’s warm meals  Protruding fat to warm and cushion our insides, To protect life’s processes from the cold and cruel To store energy for a desolate day. Protruding fat. Its jiggle its bend  Anointed and validated in a few choice areas, Merely tolerated, even scorned in some others ~ The same skin, the same adipose tissue throughout our body. Our body is enough.