Hephaestus and His Old Lady

Poetry book by Mazzistow Carrington, 1966.

Excerpted

Occupational Health

left-handed sin

is born;

you turn after

you commit

Alcohol Machinery

Benzoic acid

is so widely distributed

in plants that

the urine of

all plant-eating animals

(including humans)

contains hippuric acid,

a compound

synthesized in the kidneys

by the combination

of benzoic acid

with the amino acid,

glycine