Today in class, the professor taught us how sodium ions activate potassium channels,
and we talked about how acetylcholine binds with receptors to stimulate electrical signals, and how I so desperately wanted your lips against mine.
We learned about the bones of the skull— the maxilla, mandible, and all the rest,
and how they connect with joints and
cartilage to form the most perfect smile that I so intensely longed to see.
We studied a model of appendicular muscles and how the extensor digitorum raises the metacarpals to caress your cheek, how I so hopelessly wished you would hold me in your arms—and maybe then you might want to study anatomy as well.