Neck
This long column holds
up a head full of brains,
ideas, imagination,
the power of remembrance,
a scull clothed in flesh, nerves, and skin,
and openings orbiting
random thoughts
This tube of sound and swallow
constricts around sorrow,
gulps past the bit of apple
Adam once ate
but blamed on Eve,
and sings life
one note at a time
This gusty windpipe
develops from conception
right from the heart
to nod, bend, and swivel,
to express self,
sense, nonsense,
and sometimes silence
This long slender holder
of every flowering mind
often grows tired
of lifting up
the whole human
world, one small brain
at a time