Shapeshifter Taxonomy

I.
Today you have three arms:
athlete Tribrachia athletus
parent Tribrachia parentus
chef Tribrachia archimagirus
Tribrachias all?
no no no, you are not
he she they we me me me me

II.
Today I have two mouths
for singing opera
not pop
Osduo cantoperatus
not cantopopulus
nomenclature of small differences

III.
Get out of my tiny box

IV.
Today I have thirteen eyes
just because
Tredecimoculis idontknowius
leave me out of
Your Vanity Vocabulary

V.
Tribrachia athletus
Tribrachia parentus
Tribrachia archimagirus
Osduo cantoperatus
Osduo cantopopulus
Tredecimoculis idontknowius

Shapeshifters
all


—A. C. Spahn