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Body Parts

A poem in praise of a bodily part that has been overlooked by poets


Shall I compare thee to the Pearly Gates?

No pearls thy heavenly portals could eclipse.

The charms of each the other duplicates

There, where the septum sits above the lips

And hidden channels bifurcate to form

Those wondrous apertures of dark delights

Where turbinals and mucous membranes warm

Cold air inhaled on chilly winter nights.

Aesthetically positioned, side by side,

They sniff and sneeze and twitch and flare and smell,

And what enchanting mysteries they hide

Within their phlegm-filled chambers none can tell.

Let others other body parts admire!

Of these mine eyes will never, ever tire.

So long as nostrils gladden and amaze,

So long lives this, for this thy wonders praise.

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