[Newspoetry] swath

[Joe Futrelle]

swath

earth
observing systems
flagship Terra
entered "safe hold"
within one minute of
the winter solstice
anomaly, division by zero
outgassing
high-gain antenna
the arms' extensors
innervated, cervical segments
the fear reflex
entering "safe hold"
lateral flexion
overlapping swaths
attached, sacrum
double spirals around
axis, coccyx
iliocostalis
inserted, transverse process
sliced, magnetic resonance
hyperslab
spectroradiometer
primary control
climate change
observing, lengthening
anti-gravity
sun-synchronous orbit
ascent



sources

terra     http://terra.nasa.gov/
AT        http://www.alexandertechnique.com/
deep back http://www.ptcentral.com/muscles/muscletrunk.html

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Joe Futrelle                  | "What unworn cockades!" -- Rudolf
Team Leader, Emerge           | Pontardulais Saratov 
Scientific Data Tech. / NCSA  | 
http://emerge.ncsa.uiuc.edu/  |