The spine:
A sea-horse rippling through the waters of my back
a new man at your nerve centre
eggs fertilising in a brood pouch
attached to your belly
cervical, dorsal, lumbar, sacral, coccygeal
The cranium:
I don an armoured skullcap
to protect your ancient wisdom
your woodland cures for convulsions and hysteria
occipital, parietal, frontal, temporal, sphenoid, ethmoid
The face:
The flat surface of our regulated earth
an apparatus ready to grind us down
nasal, superior maxillary, lachrymal, inferior maxillary
The hyoid bone:
For good fortune
I forge sound into iron upsilons
cast words to the root of my tongue
lingual
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