gland total

so i was curious as to how many glands we contain

and got a lot of answers but none conclusive

one source says eight major glands

another says seven

a total of 43 shows up elsewhere

and yet another says the gland total is thousands

..

new-to-me words show up too

exocrine

eccrine

apocrine

ductless

..

all agree that the largest gland is the liver

none agree on the total number of glands

..

i submit that one of the mysteries of life

is glandularity

–strike “mysteries”

insert “secrets”

–strike “secrets”

sub “secretes”

–mind-boggling, isn’t it, that our secrets may be outnumbered by our secretions?

it is a gland canyon of arcana

and it’s hard to wrap my gland-habituated brain around it

..

i could go on and on ad infinitum

and some secretion urges me to do so

but another accuses me of being a silly wordplayer

and punster

shamelessly

glandstanding