Disclaimer: (I don't see why I have to do this all the time, but better safe than sorry.) Yu-Gi-Oh! does not belong to me. It's the creation of Kazuki Takahashi, and whatever studio animated it. (I'm not sure; if it's on the back of the DVD case, it's written in Japanese.) Anyone who sues me shall find themselves with a very black bottom by dinnertime.

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Bends and Twists: Forcing the Anatomy into Positions It Was Not Designed For

Bending,

twisting,

moving around in circles;

arching the back, stretch to the floor—

our anatomy was designed for these.

And yet,

what can the anatomy not accomplish?

Beings of the Other World,

thrust everything from the waist below forward

(oh yeah, this is a guy's dream—if it's the girl who's throwing everything forward),

throw everything from the waist up…backwards?

Yes, backwards.

Don't stick out your booty; no,

stick out something else instead…

(Since it's always the males who are doing this odd thing…)

Cross thy arms…

Feet flat on the floor…

How the hell do they accomplish this?

Must be the weights in those big-ass trenchcoats…

Special thanks to Angel Knight Li and Faia Ookami, for reviewing my previous poem. And for the rest of you… Please, even if you think this is stupid, please review. (I know some of these are stupid. They were meant to be.) And if no one understands the etymology of this, simply watch an episode of Yu-Gi-Oh! and observe the way Seto Kaiba stands. He's the greatest example of this, and does it most frequently. (And for anyone who doesn't get what the "Other World" is, it's the world of Yu-Gi-Oh!)

Stay tuned for more Oddities: An Anthology of Crazy Yu-Gi-Oh! Poems coming to a website near you! (Okay, that was lame…)