I, Davis, am the founding father of Chemical Engineering
It is something that many new scientists find endearing
The American Institute of Chemical Engineering started
When jobs, which I helped create, came and imparted
Unit operations is the Chemical Engineer’s key
To what we are truly desiring and meant to be
Other offsprings of the field are coming nowadays
Process Systems Engineering is one that stays
Bioengineering is another area at which I brought
So many offshoots did I create just by my thought
Chemical thermodynamics sounds hard to do
That is just another thing that I did venture into
This field is growing which I knew it would go
I put everything into it, all that I could know
Have kept an eye out for the difficulty factor
But I have never left this field, I’m not a defector
Russell Sivey
Chemical Engineering is a fluid field to get into
The new advances do yield an interesting view
American Institute of Chemical Engineering started
When the jobs came into fruition and imparted
Unit operations is the Chemical Engineer’s key
Davis is the founding father who coined the lead
Other offsprings of the field are coming nowadays
Process Systems Engineering is one that stays
So does Bioengineering with courses I would enjoy
Some did I venture into, when I was just a boy
Chemical thermodynamics sounds hard to do
That another thing that people must get into
This field sounds difficult, but one I wanted to view
Never did I think it would help create my brew
Russell Sivey
I’m an indecisive person
Ask anyone who knows me
I change my major every week
Grinding my teeth while I’m asleep
Cause I don’t face my anxiety
That’s what it is...
Sometimes I think I’m artsy
Is this a poem I’m writing?
Sometimes I think I’m smartsy
Go into bioengineering?
I just hate corporate America
Don’t want to sell my life away
But I know when I’m homeless
I’ll say, Dad, why didn’t I get that mba?
I don’t know why I am this way
Can’t separate dreams from reality
Don’t want to become some sad old fart
Just wanna die poor with some shitty art.
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