ode to pooping

(and a fun, big thing I'm doing)

ode to pooping

I really love 
how my body 

regularly gets 
rid of things 

she has no 
more use for

to make room for 
other fun things

she inspires me 

*

This is a poem from my book, WHOLE, and it’s the first thing my now-friend Maggie read at the beginning of our podcast interview earlier this year. Maggie is the host of the Hello Deconstructionists podcast, and that interview was one of my all-time favorites.

So, naturally, when I got this idea in my head to be on FIFTY PODCASTS in 2025, the year I turn FIFTY, Maggie was the first person I reached out to. And she scheduled another interview immediately (we recorded it on 12/17 and it will air on 01/07).

(SIDE NOTE: PLEASE TELL ME ALL THE PODCASTS I SHOULD PITCH.)

I listened to our first interview on a walk over the weekend to make sure I didn’t repeat myself, and I was almost moved to tears more than once. I even did praise hands a time or two and didn’t even care who saw me.

Maggie has been making lots of poem art using poems from this book of mine, and she made some original art as well and sent it to me in the mail. (I LOVE IT WHEN PEOPLE SEND ME FUN THINGS IN THE MAIL.)

If you’re deconstructing and need some encouragement (and laughs), we shared a ton of it in our first interview and then a bunch more in chat #2. Let me know if you listen!

And for real TELL ME YOUR FAVORITE PODCASTS I CAN PITCH.