There are one hundred and fifty organs 
     in the human body. I know, I've counted them. 
     Under "Anatomy, Human" in the en-
     cyclopedia, eleven colour transparencies,
     each another layer of human tissue, each 
     revealing more green and yellow and red
     and blue organs and veins and arteries 
     and muscles. I began with Plate B (Plate 
     A still had the skin on): abdominal mus-
     cles, lingual canal, intercostal muscles,
     spleen, pituitary gland, kidney . . . . 
     The plastic thin and wrinkling between my
     fingers. Plate F shows the most dense area 
     of organ development: the chambers of
     the heart with arrows indicating the dir-
     ection of blood flow, blue for the oxygen-
     rich arteries carrying blood out from the 
     heart, red for the veins sending it back 
     to be replenished. Appendix, aorta, esoph-
     agus, interventicular septum, colon, pan-
     creas . . . . Coiling green and yellow shapes
     like particoloured worms, the body full to 
     bursting with worms and arrows indicating 
     the direction of blood flow.