Embodiment

The eye looks,

the ear waits,

the head turns,

the heart aches,

the lung breathes,

the hand gropes.

Skull! cerebral hemispheres! limbic system! basal ganglia! olfactory

nerve! eyeball! sinuses! teeth! tongue! ear! vertebral

column! brainstem! thyroid! coccyx! spinal cord!

sternum! trachea! pleura! aortic valve!

pulmonary vein! axilla! radius!

metacarpal bones! oesophagus!

stomach! colon! liver! renal

pyramids! ureters! urine! patellar ligament!

femur! sciatic nerve! metatarsals! lymph nodes! arteries!

skeletal muscle! motor nerve endings! hair! nails! blood! skin!

water! fat! RNA! DNA! Oxygen! carbon! hydrogen! nitrogen! calcium!

Wait! I still haven’t explained what the body is.