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An Anatomy Lesson
Published: 2010-12-13 06:50:04 +0000 UTC; Views: 7120; Favourites: 395; Downloads: 49
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If I collected the lies I've been told I could make myself a skeleton. 206 hollow bones made of hollow words. The bigger lies are structural support, holding up the rest of me. 33 dishonest "I love yous" could be 33 intersecting vertebrae, composing my curving spine.I could gather shards of my 10 favorite broken promises to be my long, sharp finger nails. The 10 runner ups fit on the tips of my toes.
Spiderweb truths, theirs and mine, will weave my new skin. An average of 20 feet of sticky substance, easily torn and easily rewoven.
Words will circulate like blood through the 100,000 miles of my veins. Cynicism creates phagocytes, attacking all foreign bodies of hope.
2 hazel eyes are formed from memories. Green from springs come and gone. Brown from Autumns just the same. Rods and cones of years gone by interpret the way I see things now.
My heart is love, beating on and on. 72 times 24, beating, beating, beating, never stopping till death. My soul, however, is borrowed from nothing else. It is always my own.
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Thank you for reading! Glad you like it.
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Thanks! I'm very excited.
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gah. your third DD and of course, deserving. I'm so jealous but congrats. You're awesome and totally deserve more even
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Thank you so much! You definitely deserve some as well.
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I would love to but I don't have any pull amongst the higher ups.
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haha. maybe not, but if you do feel strongly that I deserve one, theres a method for suggesting in the FAQ or wherever
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I'll have to look into that then.
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I would be so amazed and happy if you did lol
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Why amazed? What piece would you like suggested? I'm terrible at picking.
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i'd be amazed that I actually got one, and I don't know. I can't pick my best O.o
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Pick one and I'll see if I can figure out how to suggest it.
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Choose your favorite between Ramblings, I Was Only a Tease, and Realities
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erm - forgive a biology geek, but I think where you put lysosomes, you meant phagocytes. Lysosomes are organelles inside cells, are are the cell's 'dustbin'. Phagocytes are the cells that wander around and engulph things.
Other than that, this is fantastic.
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Mmm you're probably right. Lysosomes didn't seem right at all but I couldn't find what I was looking for. Thanks for that.
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A very interesting concept! Makes one wonder what we are really made up of. Very well written. The line about "cynicism and lysosomes" describes how I've been feeling lately perfectly.
Thank you for writing this amazing piece!
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Thanks! I find that line particularly relatable as well.
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This is very intriguing. What lovely prose, and I feel you about the science. I have no more bio, at the moment
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I might be taking an astronomy class next semester. Hopefully I'll get some good writing from that science.
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I really love this poem "cinicism creates lysosomes, attacking all foreign bodies of hope", its all sad and beautiful
congragulations on the DD
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Ouch, yup I'm in a similar place. Good idea and I like how you are working with it.
I like your use of repetition. It works for me as I get a sense of the repetition seen on a skeleton. Many vertebrae, many ribs, all doubled.
There is something that I feel is missing in the last section. Something left unanswered or un-responded to.
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I hadn't even thought of that with the repetition. Cool!
I'll take a look at the ending and see what I come up with. Thanks!
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You're welcome. I look forward to seeing anything you feel is the answer or response. :^)
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great, not too long and not too short. and it's not boring.... some are, at the beginning, but this caught me from the start. great job 
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Thanks. I'm sorry it's sad. Be happy!
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This is beautiful, such a perfect combination. Well deserved DD!!
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I would like to say many things about this. But my english is not perfect, so I guess the word "amazing" is enough to express myself xD
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Amazing is a very good word. Thank you so much!
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I feel like this piece is describing me, down to the hazel eyes... truly a stunning piece
"The truth is never pure and rarely simple." -Oscar Wilde
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Perhaps we are long-lost twins, who knows
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Oh! We might be. I'm always on the look out for long lost twins of mine.
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Chirp, congrats on the DD, it's been twittered. [link]
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I love how you use anatomy to explain this. My favorite subject combined with my love of words makes me very happy <3 Science is freakin amazing.
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*blushes* You're too kind.
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Haha no problem! 
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I think people are too close minded when it comes to art. Everything is an art if done or viewed properly.
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So true. An artist's eye notices beauty in all things.
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Maybe sometimes even in things it shouldn't. lol
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That is incredibly true. What specifically did you have in mind though? I can think of a lot of things....
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I was thinking of some people actually. Sorry, I've had a lot of shit going done today with part relationships.
There are other things too… let me see if I can think of any off the top of my head.
I find a lot of beauty in utter chaos, the kind that makes most people just shut down. I find it thrilling and stunning. In symmetry of things, like numbers and some math problems. I'll be in math tests thinking how pretty the problems looks how nice all the numbers line up and then I get distracted by that, gladly because I hate math. And in things I just shouldn't, gross things, carcasses on the beach or patterns in mud, the litter on the side of the highway. The highway itself while I'm driving. I zone out so easily on things when it's least convenient but I think they're so stunning and I can't not get wrapped up in my head thinking about them.
Right, sorry about the novel length answer. I hope this answered your question. Like I said, I'm a little out of it today.
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No, no I totally understand, and that was absolutely gorgeous. I am much the same way. I find myself stopping as I walk home to look at the trees, examine the bark up close. When I zone out in class it is not because I'm bored, it's because I'm noticing, I notice the walls, the light, the color. I notice people, their character, their interactions, the way their nose casts a shadow into their eye sockets, the loose strands of hair that float out of their perfect configuration, their expression, the exact way I would shade if I were drawing them... I stare too much, I notice without noticing I'm noticing, and I feel awkward.
I see a dead raccoon on the side of the road with my best friend; he says, "Let's poke it with a stick!" I say, no it's beautiful......
My friend spills on his canvas and is devastated, but I see intricate markings and irregular splotches and it's beautiful..
I feel the dark, horrible parts inside my soul and realize how easily, simply I could give up and let them take over, and it scares me. I want to push them out but I can't, they're beautiful....
Sometimes beauty hurts...
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