100 WORD SKITTLE // Pranayama

It’s hard to breathe with your feet. After all, they’re usually pressed to the ground. You can’t run, jump or dangle them all the time. That’s why you can sneeze and choke.

Same with your hands. They’re so eager to roam around and touch everything. But you’re doomed to wash them repeatedly, trying to keep them clean. That’s why you can splutter and suffocate.

Same with your arse. (We’ll trust you with the reasoning on this.)

So, it’s better to pull your nose out of others’ business and use that for breathing instead. Hasn’t it been Nature’s plan all along?

Pranayama

by TETIANA ALEKSINA & TONY SINGLE
© All rights reserved 2022

the cutest poem in the world

yoga mat hedgehog
he’s so neat and tidy
he’s rolling it away
for another day

alas, his legs are short
for doing downward dog
but he can do child pose
better than anyone

yoga mat hedgehog
loves pranayama
puffing out his chest
adds flair to his quills

alas, his back’s uncomfy
for doing shavasana
but who said he can’t relax
on his little belly instead

Hedgehog

by TETIANA ALEKSINA & TONY SINGLE
© All rights reserved 2022

blowing horn

shadows played out on the wall of days
sand hissed from the dead giant’s ear
i did its mind like a line of cocaine
(blood of the polterchrist compelled me)
then a unicorn defied what we thought we knew
wrecked itself on all we’d formerly eschewed

by TONY SINGLE
© All rights reserved 2020