A Poetic Commentary: Beauty and the Beasts

Beauty and the Beasts In the Garden of Beasts Series

Beauty and the Beasts
In the Garden of Beasts Series

Beauty and the Beasts

    poorly here I lay in peace?

    oh my condition, find the golden fleece!

MODERN MEDICAL COUNSELOR

    counselor, consoler, comfort me bring

    for what else have I to cling?

PRINCIPLES of MICRO-BIOLOGY

    tis beyond mine eyes to see

    in this wood dark and beastly

THE BROAD ARROW

    bring me thy remedy

    show me my identity

PASTEUR and the INVISIBLE GIANTS

    what has happened inside?

    tis like part of me has died

THE SECRET LIFE OF GERMS

    oh these books they tell me so

    so the words they grow

PATHOPHYSIOLOGY mechanisms and expressions

    which path have I expressed?

    which path for me is best?

THE GREAT PLAQUE

    mushrooms, trilliums, and ferns

    oh little one, how it burns

IN THE GARDEN OF BEASTS

    poorly here I lay in peace?

    oh when will this agony cease?!