Those joker doctors
Such godlike wisdom
Dividing us by humors:
Slow moving, Phlemy people
Predisposed to unexcitability
Got Phlegmatic.
The Bilious,
Whether from the Melancholy black or
Choleric yellow stuff
Were ill tempered.
Wouldn’t you be?
But the ruddy,
Apple cheeked,
Blushing
Blood born
Healthy sanguineous souls
Tinged by optimism
Even when our blood runs cold or
Gets sucked from our veins
We keep our cool
Slip on a red sequin dress
Tip sangria to ruby lips and
Smile

The practice is inspired by Naomi Shihab Nye and her notion that words are like oars. Dip them in the water. Explore with them. Feel how they touch and bump up against one another. Let them take us further down the stream.