The Skin

Take just a moment to consider your skin

It really is an amazing thing

It protects you from cold, and water, and ‘things’

And surrounds your whole body to keep you all in

It takes just a month for your skin to renew

By pushing the old cells up from below

They start at the base and as they divide

They push the older ones up and aside

They fill with protein and flatten out

And finally shed as dust in your house

Melanin protects you from UV harm

And Langerhans cells spread out like long arms

To stop all the nasties from penetrating through

And reaching the blood stream and causing the flu

So when you feel tension it’s the first to show stress

The Integumentary System no less

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