White pear blossoms blurring on the downhill stride; cloud veins branching, bursting blue-blood lights and streaks; marmalade fractal-smudged bites in a Sunday; points on the mounts’ horizon, range upon range dipping over the edge of the world; angles drawn with straight lines on that world, bending Euclid, because they can, because they must – no limit to truth when the paper crumples, crumbs of calculations dropping off like forsythia-yellow stars.

Good morning, class. It is time to study flowers. Johnny, I don’t care if the dog ate your homework. We have our own models right here. Yes, Harrietta, we can start with math: their angles, golden triangles; the perfect addition of a bud, above and below; this segues into physics for the day: the tilt and toss, mechanically correct, the balance of leaf upon root, the pull of earth and sun; light eaters, reflecting pink and lavender by way of leaving them, untouched, on the plate of their surfaces, like broccoli in the cafeteria. Sorry, Charlie, but chemistry is next:…

(Click here for larger image) A is for Amygdala B is for Brainstem C is for Cerebellum D is for Diencephalon E is for Epithalamus F is for Frontal lobe G is for Gray matter H is for Hypothalamus I is for Interbrain J is for Joints of Luschka K is for Kolliker’s reticulum L is for Lateral sulcus M is for Medulla oblongata N is for Neuroglia O is for Occipital lobe P is for Pons Q is for Corpora Quadrigemina R is for Reticular formation S is for Somatic sensory area (within Parietal lobe) T is for Temporal…