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elucubrare:The long-awaited debut collection from me, now available in .epub format! download hereif you like it, drop a couple of bucks in the tip jar.The Spinei. Cervical CurveGranting Thetis’s wish, great Zeusshook his head, using the atlanto-axial joint*to turn it; with his dark brows the sonof Kronos inclined his head, consentingto Greek pain, for swift-living Achilles’ sake. *If gods have such joints: after allit is a landmark on the human spine.ii. The Thoracic Vertebrae This is what happens when the backis broken, when the nerves that conductthe orders of the brain from commandcenter to the thing commandedare severed, as by Achilles’ great spear:everything goes dark; the electricity that led from mind to foot, that createsHector’s swiftness, is undone.(They chase each other around the city, whose spine Hector is;Achilles is like a dog chasing a hare,to catch and shake, to break its neck.)iii. Lumbar SpineEach vertebra slots into place with a crackas his spine straightens to throw the spear,as he throws, as he watches to see it hit,as he falls, exhausted by grief and exertion,as Zeus’ plan, seen from the start, is accomplished.iv. SacrumEvery part of him is holy, but this partis holier by its name, given by Galen,perhaps because this is the pieceof the animal that was sacrificed,as the heroes were sacrificed to history.v. CoccyxIn humans it is only the memory of a tail;but it is an anchor for muscle and nerve,important like the final line, falling into place:thus they buried Hector, tamer of horses. -- source link
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