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This was written for the CPC Magic Monday poetry challenge. The theme is human anatomy and physiology, and one of the pics in the intro was the one below, which inspired this write.

CARTOON ANATOMY & PHYSIOLOGY 101

Poor Charley Brown kicked the bucket.
They said it was his head gave out.
In the end he ran out of luck, it
was a case of cranial gout.

His case confounded medical science,
since he was two dimensional,
and had been in full compliance
with the Cartoonists’ International.

We now know that Charles Shultz’s demise
hit Charley hard. He found solace
in gorging on cookies and pies
drawn for him by indulgent artist.

His head soon swelled to such great size
he had to have a power chair drawn.
Then an ink clot quickly gave rise
to need to erase. In an instant, he’d gone.

Of course Charley was a cartoon.
Like Phoenix he rose from ashes:
swirling penstroke shaped like full moon,
along with several dashes.

Copyright September 30th 2012 RGD

Exploring the Anatomy and Physiology of Love
(Still Superior to Video Gaming)

We met down at the vid game store,
two players running up the score.
My console turned on though not plugged in
powered up by her eyes and skin.

When we kissed, electricity sparked
and so we drove away and parked.
Anatomical exploration
caused visible neural elavation.

It took not long for love’s crescendo
built by thrills which topped Nintendo.
I stroked her X-Box till she swooned.
From our Playstation, lovers mooned.

Both moons glowed red from love’s bloodrush
until final climactic gush.
Bodies cooled while still entwined
as brains and hearts formed ties that bind.

Thus gamers played on to their end;
controllers with great speed did send
signals through their bodies’ wires
to raise then quench physical fires.

Copyright September 30th 2012 RGD