We killed the mice this morning
harvested their organs for observing
what life is all about
broken down into the molecular cloud
but what is a life in a tube
when a heart was beating gently smooth
just two minutes ago
before its place in a row
with sixteen other pieces of fur and flesh and bone
they had no way to take flight
from scalpel and knife
from scalpel and knife
into some spectral plane of thought
i myself have so hungrily sought--
a world of comfort and meaning
that gives me reason for surviving
Maybe i am a mouse too
who runs believing time will never end until
a breeze blows me away
into oblivion.
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Well, this is just about the best blog opening I have ever read.
Wow, I really like the different perspective (and photo)! While the poem is a little depressing, it's important to keep in mind. I hope you describe your time in the lab in future posts!
Awww, thanks Dr. Hartman! ~(^u^)
Hey Josh! I know, it was really late at night when I wrote this poem and I might have been a little blubbery at the time. I'll definitely post about my day in the lab sometime soon!
Our Liam hasn't changed... Writing poems about his work in the middle of the night. If you can continue to incorporate your elegant writing into your blog, you might just have to BECOME a blogger.
My goodness, this is horrible and wonderful at the same time. Thank you for the vivid, disturbing, but incredibly beautiful imagery that helped me decode what you recently did. XD I look forward to seeing what you do. What do you plan to do next with your, um, mice parts?
Thanks Rachel! Maybe I will :)
Mackenzie, I'll talk more about the mice and what's going on with them soon. Essentially, we're using their organs and parts--liver, fats, brain, spinal cord, etc.--to evaluate the differences between diabetic and non-diabetic mice. Last week was the db+ control mice, this week the db/db+ diabetic mice will be harvested.
Awesome! I can't wait to see your results! How's the lab work coming? Are there any particularly interesting techniques you've learned so far?
So there was a mouse running around in Stats today Liam... Did you come back and let him free? Because I'm the only one who saw him.
Hey bro! Have you gotten any surprising results? Made any interesting discoveries?
How's the experiment going?
A mouse! In stats! What! (Yes, the plan is going well..)
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