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Single Cell Medic

Medic medic Amoeba down Hurry hurry Before it drowns Step step From there to here Medic medic Has no fear Dividing dividing The nucleus splits Membranes membranes All have slits Fix it fix it Cytoplasm’s spilling Rushes and gushes The scene is chilling Stitch stitch The vacuole Medic medic Has a micro-tool Amoeba amoeba Will survive For now for now On a micro slide But wait wait Paramecium Medic medic Can you see him There there In a morass Sliding sliding Off the glass Drat drat Coz really a Medic medic Can’t fix cilia Panic panic Cells are dying Flagella flagella’s No longer flying Sorry sorry Some protozoa Die die Bye sporozoa Medic medic Always on call But but Can’t win them all

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Panagiota Romios

Date: 6/17/2023 10:25:00 AM

Hi David, You combine humor with poetry and science greatly. For ne this brought back days at Loyola university Love your humor. It totally lacks vanity.c congratulations.! Pangie

Nancy Kaufman

Date: 6/10/2023 2:33:00 PM

Obviously you are a scientist of some sorts?.I drank from a spring once that a beaver went in and that's been my only experience thus far with amoebas. I did lose a lot of weight before the doctors finally figured it out.

David Fisher
Date: 6/17/2023 4:43:00 PM

Thanks Nancy. That spring water adventure didn't sound like much fun. I'm not a scientist at all, unless there is a scientific study of words and rhyming? Who knows.

Sotto Poet

Date: 6/8/2023 6:42:00 PM

This poem, David, is imbued with a wealth of scientific wisdom. I relished this scientific prose and your poetic talents are truly remarkable in how they conjure evocative language and imagery.

John Loving Iii

Date: 6/6/2023 11:41:00 AM

OLD OLD memorable terms from science class. I would rename it Microscope memories. You must be a teacher?

Gershon Wolf

Date: 6/5/2023 7:09:00 PM

H I L A R I O U S, David! Just love it. Hope you had as much fun writing this as I had reading it! Thanks, gw