3 Matching Contest - Health - Spring 2019 • Millikin University

shake shake shake
         Senoira
shake that protein shake

ninja
blending
my breakfast

counter-top cookies
testing
my strength

workout?
idk
chocolate cake

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top quarter champion

 

TOP half Chamption

 

bottom quarter champion

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finally alone
i dust off
my yoga mat

inhale fresh air
exhale . . .
the negativity

yoga class . . .
i didn't know my leg
could still bend like that

forward fold
the perfect end to
sun salutation

 

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CHAMPIONTOP


 

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bent over
heavy breathing
. . . not another set

feet dangling helplessly
chin up!
you can't quit now

the never-ending
staircase . . .
leg day

blisters burning
i detach
my dance shoes

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the chatter
of fellow gym rats
music in my ears

6am in the gym
not a soul in sight
empty

my only cardio
is in the bedroom—
sorry mom

plush padded bed
warm hands rub
my neck and shoulders

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