It works
just as well
as you’d expect
a body to perform
on a given fair day
at a moment’s notice
or in the middle
of a storm, with rain
wind & snow–
limbs, circulation and
instantaneous thought;
instinct and insight
gumption and willpower–
perfectly good, its
built in, get up and go
at five decades strong
(in this case)
in spite of all else;
dependable, solid–
largely unfaltering
made to order
with every working part intact
like the day you were born…
It works just as well
as you’d expect;
most often, on command
without undue prompting
like an unquestioning ally
or an old friend–loyal
and dependable
in every time of need
rarely, if ever, turning down
a reasonable request
to action–
or any command
you might give it
to perform, to put out
or to pick up the pace
along the way.