Anatomy Lab (looks like this)
Six pairs of hands
descend upon
uncovered, untie, grease down, roll over
(un)prepare
a fresh body
new for us
old by any other standards
we set to work
and look like
hungry flies with
busy forelegs
eager to pick apart flesh
and reflect upon
our day’s work
it consists of
fat
fascia
mm., nn., aa., and vv.
fat
fascia
mm., nn., aa., and vv.
(repeat forever)
like fiddler crabs
ready to fight
weighed down with
Shearer’s, scalpels, rat-toothed forceps, and fatigue
you were my anatomy team
navigating hydra’s heads
breaking heartstrings
wielding shiny instruments – coracoid
we stayed
just long enough to see
an orange-pink fluorescence fill the room
dissection went like this
now we are
(in)experienced.