Marital Status

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Have you ever noticed that even the best intake forms, crafted with the most care and awareness, still have questions that constrict your identity?

I see no status on your list that says "Free"

or "Fuck off"

or "Consult the Department of Human Statistics for your particular region."

I see no space to write the words of my heart

on any intake form.

Take this in.

I will marry myself and live blissfully happy

loving myself with wild abandon

that pours forth into love for every Dear One in my path.

I am engaged

in commitment to the divine that passes through the tree at my window,

the deer on the path,

the rain-soaked ground beneath my feet,

my own precious body.