A SURREAL ANATOMICAL ODYSSEY: 1 of 2 ...

A SURREAL ANATOMICAL ODYSSEY: 

1 of  2 ...

-- by Frank C Yue

                  A lighthearted play on words 

                  about BODY PARTS and more...

Climbing ACHILLES HEELS there's one thing                           

                 on MY MIND --

Legendary treasures of THE BODY to find!

Lo, and behold! What emerald LEAVES OF                

                  THE LUNG

Are growing with such fragrance and beauty         

                  unsung?

The lone CALF IN MY LEG lows against the      

                  graying sky

As thousands of buffalo thunder and rush me 

                  by.

Stalked by hunger I feast gladly on THE                     

                  FEET'S SOLES,

My only ADAM'S APPLE and CORNS ON 

                  THE TOES.

Hush... Listen, listen! From a distance can you         

                   hear

The natives beating the throbbing DRUMS OF  

                   THE EAR?

What studious, polished, ALL-ROUND 

                   PUPILS reside

In the shuttered twin dormitories of THE  

                   EYE?

Ambushed by the elusive CROOK IN THE 

                    ELBOW,

I swiftly turn and fell him with blow after blow.

Exhausted, I loosely hang my poor BURNING           

                    HEAD

In the cool, soothing shade of THE PALM OF 

                    MY HAND.

Bored, I kick and kick THE BALL OF MY 

                   FOOT around,

Play many a 'frisbee' where SPINAL DISCS 

                   ABOUND.

O, the precious jewels of THE CROWN

OF THE HEAD are nowhere to be found!