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dailies

I start-out fresh every morning 
but my resolve is reheated

Oh, it's med-school Monday-me.
Thank god my bf understands the fact 
that on weekdays my time contracts.
Be careful, she may be grumpy and jumpy.
She’s the administrative flunky
the maker of plans
who strategizes for exams

It’s Tuesday-me 
I'm in my zone and likely busy
slumberless and frumpiest 
a pithy, dismissive miss-prickly.
who may not have been fed
and barely went to bed

It’s Wednesday me
in over my head, but focused, 
patience at its lowest
memory’s key when deep
in theories, diseases and diagnoses
steer clear of me please.

Thursday me
with a brain like ground caffeine 
irritation verging on obscene
trying not to be mean but acting like a tween
I need everything 2 B done, I’m under the gun
still acquiring scads of knowledge 
but prepping for the evaluations to come

It’s Friday - did I sleep?
It’s evaluation day
dressed to impress
there’s a ballet underway
of peers and professeurs
weighing and clinically assaying
how I cope under a microscope
by 3pm I’m played and frayed
but looking forward to some play.

A few laps in the Shangri-La hotel pool,
and before I know it, I’m smiling and energized,
and with a bit of surface polishing, ready to date!

Why aren’t weekends considered therapy?
Is the air lighter? Are the days brighter?
They may not be but they seem so to me.
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Songs for this:
Formidable Cool by Wolf Alice
Tom's Diner (feat. Suzanne Vega) by DNA
Ramble On by Toni Jevicky
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sci-fy news from med-school..
We use antimatter everyday. 
With PET scans, we inject radioactive isotopes (literal antimatter) which emit positrons that interact with electrons in your body to create gamma ray bursts we can track to create a detailed 3D map of your body.
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Fallica Avatar
April 15, 2026 at 7:52 PM
I didn’t know Bardot was so flaky! You’re SO not! LIKED the photo though! / ‘Monday’s Med Student’: grumpy, frumpy, focused, etc.; instead of face, grace, wo, etc. Ha! / On the other hand, pool access and weekends in Paris! / Coming up: Months of the year? Hours of the day? :-) / Closest I got to a PET scan was MRIs to dx MS. / Thanks for this. <3
Kavanagh  Avatar
April 15, 2026 at 1:30 PM
Being it a Wednesday, I really should steer clear of you Anais, and possibly the other weekdays too, still gotta love those gamma ray bursts clearing a path to the weekend, nicely penned! Cheers David
Vionet Avatar
April 15, 2026 at 3:36 PM
my weekdays are a mess - I’m booked from about five in the morning till 11 at night. =]
Conn Avatar
April 15, 2026 at 12:05 PM
So on the weekends you and Peter scratch up the walls and disturb the peace at the Shanghai La? =]
Conn Avatar
April 15, 2026 at 6:01 PM
Yes, a private pool.
Vionet Avatar
April 15, 2026 at 3:28 PM
Grandmère doesn’t have a pool, so we have an amenities pass at the hotel. You gotta have a pool, ya? =]
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