Friday, May 29, 2020

From Head to Toe, 15



Head to Toe:
Boning Up on the Bones of the Body

Skull (n): facial bone 7: mandible

Your lower jawbone, which you drop
When wishing to chew food or talk—
The mandible, which does not stop
At pizza joints—no, does not balk

When you are in the eating mood—
Or talking’s what you wish to do.
Oh, it will crunch huge piles of food—
And gab and gab the whole night through.

This bone’s been with us for a while—
Since we were making jungle calls.
We had no phones—we roared in style
When we saw those Neandertals.



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