Best Labs Poems

Miguel wrote:
"If my heart could spell love it would spell your name
Though I look tough on the outside, I’m kinda lame
I smell bad, I look dirty, I’m such a shame
I don’t care what they say, they’re all the same
One thing’s for sure
You are my cure
I...

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The doctor follows me out of her office.
You know where the labs are, right?
Dang! I had forgotten I was getting labs.
Had she read my mind?
She points to a tiny room.
Sign up in there.
Okay, I say, watching her carefully.
Wondering how many minutes she will still be...

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(a university-life vignette)

It’s Saturday morning at about 9am. I’m in the chemistry lab, a sterile looking room with 12 workstations that are like multi level kitchen islands with sinks and various lab gear. It’s the most fluorescently lit environment on earth and everything looks to...

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I’m standing in the common room, turning in circles. I’ve so many things to do, all at once, I can’t figure out which way to jump. A time management problem, I suppose, maybe I should have taken that 1 credit
‘project management’ class I sloughed off....

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