SCIENCE AND POETRY
a child catches a frog
and holds it in his hand without fear
all in the name of play
sometimes he lets the frog go
and he likes it the way it jumps and croaks
and likes its agility on the water
the next time he holds that frog
(not same frog however)
is when he becomes a biology student
aspiring soon to be a medical doctor
in the coming years
he holds the frog, inserts a needle to its spine
to remove the pain
he cuts through the stomach and begins to
remove the parts
seeing how the heart still beats
as the frog stares at him
cold and without meaning
he puts the frog in hot water
and when softened, he cools it to get identify the muscular system
and then the nerves and then the bones
the child in him does not remember
how the frog jumps how it croaks under the rain
how it swims agile and smooth on the water.
this is science, and the other is poetry.
a child catches a frog
and holds it in his hand without fear
all in the name of play
sometimes he lets the frog go
and he likes it the way it jumps and croaks
and likes its agility on the water
the next time he holds that frog
(not same frog however)
is when he becomes a biology student
aspiring soon to be a medical doctor
in the coming years
he holds the frog, inserts a needle to its spine
to remove the pain
he cuts through the stomach and begins to
remove the parts
seeing how the heart still beats
as the frog stares at him
cold and without meaning
he puts the frog in hot water
and when softened, he cools it to get identify the muscular system
and then the nerves and then the bones
the child in him does not remember
how the frog jumps how it croaks under the rain
how it swims agile and smooth on the water.
this is science, and the other is poetry.
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