I’m Constantly Amazed By How Much I Do Not Know About My Own Body Even At This Advanced Age (a)

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She licked

my tragus. I

didn’t know the name of

that part of my body before

sitting

to write this poem about my cat

waking me up today

licking curls from

my ear.

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A butterfly cinquain poem – a nine-line syllabic verse of the pattern 2 /4 / 6 / 8 / 2 / 8 / 6 / 4 / 2

This is Roxy, she’s a rescue and just over 2 years old. She finds all kinds of ways to let me know her food bowl is empty in the morning.

The tragus, I now know, is that part of your ear just opposite your ear lobe, that partially obstructs the ear canal.