I do prefer a book
to laboratory looks
at writhing specimens
each dancing on a pin.
I’d really rather read
of how the hero bleeds
than try to staunch the flow
and feel my heart go slow.
The lab’s the class to miss
and if I had my wish
I’d have a textbook life
and skip formaldehyde.
year-struck 
This is just wonderful!
Thank you, ShimonZ.
Dickinson is pleased to have your company. Nice.
Thanks, Dan.
Books generally smell better, too.
True, but sometimes they, too, cause explosions.
My sentiments exactly, but I could never express it so well.
Thanks for reading, Myra.
I’m completely not a poetry person, but this is good 🙂
I am glad you liked it.