Because It’s Poetry – Ron Healy
Published in The Quiet Reader Edition 1
“Old People from Texas eat spiders” (head bones). “Virgil Can Not Make My Pet Zebra Laugh” (facial bones). In high school biology I tried to memorize all the bones in the human body. If the teacher called on you and you could recite some bone systems (cranium, wrist, shoulder, etc.), you’d get extra credit. I could remember some because of …