The Exam
Once upon a Thursday dreary, as I pondered facts and theory, / Doubtful I had ever studied physiology before. / While I nodded, almost napping, suddenly there came a tapping / As of someone gently rapping, rapping at my house’s door.
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Contributing Writer
Medical College of Georgia
Abigail Cline, PhD is a third year medical student at Medical College of Georgia in Augusta, Georgia. She received her doctorate from University of Georgia in 2012 in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. Her current interests include Dermatology, Medical Ethics, Medical Education, and Translational Medicine. Her hobbies are baking, working out, and movies.
Imprint
I believed him to be / a collection of gears and levers / lubricated by blood and sweat / nothing much left / but an imprint.
Roads
These busy medical students, of which I am one, / are preparing for a road trip, / stuffing our cars full of everything we might ever conceivably need: / Metaphorical band aids, jumper cables, flashlights, emergency blankets,
Perspective
What have I done with my life? / The lightning lighting up / the hospital room floor. / Why did I have to die?
Pathology of the Med Student
Stamina waning / Along with my patience / For the number of patients / Presenting with an emesis of symptoms
Family Doc
How does it look, Doc? / Hand hold, / Heads fold. / Cradle to Rock.
Tactile Fremitus
Please say / ninety-nine, / No not like / that, say it
myopia
As I take off my glasses / and rub my sore eyes / I realize I have / myopia / in more ways than one.
Sexually Active
“Are you sexually active?” / His stethoscope gleamed in the light / Of the hospital room.
Imperial Twitch
Plush carpeting / Sleek screens / Exotic fruit and / Green tea / First-class on trains is penetrable, and they have chips and soda / But there is no mistaking first-class in the hospital
Catharsis
An indulgent gasp / grasps the molded corners / dry tongue to chipping paint / searching for a word to say
My White Coat
Egg shell coat: / Tread softly, / Quietly. / To not crack the illusion / Of knowledge, / Bold aspirations.
Contributing Writer
University of Kansas School of Medicine
Class of 2017 medical student at the University of Kansas School of Medicine.