We wrote for Miss Price. We made voices
that weren't ours for three full pages:
the old, the immigrants, Negroes, Jews.

The surgeon Celsus, at the time of Christ,
Said the right hand should operate
On the left eye, the left hand should invade

For public appearances, for the crowds
Who expected perfection, he managed,
Take after take, to mimic the sound

For hours I will sit staring at a portion of myself. A leg perhaps. Mine is thick and heavily muscled, a bit fat in the upper thigh. Most people would consider it powerful, capable of winning some kind of contest. The short, curly black hairs cover it in a regular pattern. There is no detectable flaw in the perfect taper of the calf or in the smooth-working joint.