Flesh

Flesh

In vertebrate animals, flesh is the colloquial term for biological tissue which consists of skeletal muscles and fat as opposed to bones, viscera and integuments. Flesh may be used as food, in which case it commonly is called meat.

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Famous quotes containing the word flesh:

    Why a tender curb upon the youthful burning boy?
    Why a little curtain of flesh on the bed of our desire?”
    William Blake (1757–1827)

    Gold light in blind love does not distinguish
    one surface from another, the savor
    is the same to its tongue, the fluted
    cylinder of a new ashcan a dazzling silver,
    the smooth flesh of screaming children a quietness, it is all
    a jubilance....
    Denise Levertov (b. 1923)

    It is the hour when stink and sweat
    Subside to let the flesh forget
    Affinity for brick and lathe,
    The cold necessity to bathe
    And certain things one would forget.
    Allen Tate (1899–1979)