THE BODY – what an amazing invention!
There’s so much about it that I’d like to mention.
And highlight some things I find pretty neat.
That interprets experience, so you learn what things mean.
Of homeostasis and emotions at large.
And 200 plus bones to groove and they groove.
And recalls information that you once forgot.
Like a camera capturing light, they widen and they roll.
And miraculously adjust from day to night.
It lets you smell toast burning or the scent of a rose.
Captured by instruments known as the ears.
And trigger impulses to the auditory nerve.
It helps us form words that are spoken or sung.
Such as salty, sour, bitter and sweet.
Right next to the trachea in the midst of your chest.
As the diaphragm allows us to in and exhale.
Let us speak, or sing, or make the sounds of a goat.
The torso holds so many organs – who knew?
Let’s list them off and describe what they do.
The heart with four chambers, pumps blood all about.
And what it can’t, the intestines turn into poo.
It detoxifies, metabolizes, and regenerates its surface.
Traps invaders and keeps everything clean.
It makes insulin and gives digestion a hand.
On top of them, adrenal glands jump when something’s the matter.
As they pleasurably make a new boy or new girl.
Unique fingerprints and DNA stands.
Regulates, excretes, supports and feels.
Don’t take anything for granted from your hair to your toes.
What a wonderful creation, this thing called THE BOD.