Biological
My notochord shall grow into
a chain of vertebrae;
As fins my metapleural folds
shall agitate the sea;
This tiny dorsal nervous tube
shall form a mighty brain
And the vertebrates shall
dominate the animal domain.
- Phillip Pope, Zoologist
Ambystoma's a giant newt who
rears in swampy waters,
As other newts are wont to do,
a lot of fishy daughters:
These axolotls, having gills,
pursue a life aquatic,
But, when they should
transform to newts, are
naughty and erratic.
They change upon compulsion,
if the water grows too foul,
For then they have to use their
lungs, and go ashore to prowl;
But when a lake's attractive,
nicely aired, and full of food,
They cling to youth perpetual,
and rear a tadpole brood.
- Walter Garstang, Zoologist
About the Guitar
The Rain Guitar by James Dickey
La Guitarra de Federico García
Lorca