A Baltimore Med Student
Countless cups of coffee, a few pep pills, no sleep…
A few more hours and boards behind me,
I can sleep before my internship duties start again.
My sacrificed health for short-term memory
Is a good deal to be a god or demi-god, at least.
Then some bozo lights a fire in some trash,
And the electricity goes out…
WAH! Now I have to wait a few hours
To take that shit test,
And I may forget all I crammed for—
Or sleep through the whole damn thing.
I paid my dues. I did all that was asked of me.
This is the reward I get.
Great. Instead of becoming a demi-god,
I may flunk med school…
And I even have a great bedside manner, too.
ã28 December 1996, Daphne Yvonne Bradshaw.
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