Ode to a Sphincter

Relaxing

Releasing

Contracting

Containing

Mediating entrances

Mediating exiting

Voluntary

Involuntary

Functional

Anatomical

A temporary barrier

To the passage of contents

Of juices

Of chymes

Hidden from sight

Underrated in necessity

Without them

A tragedy

By Amy May Drummond

I write for this magazine to gently remind us all not to take the small things in life for granted.