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taking out the brain

i’m a med student
and for the past few weeks
we’ve been working on a cadaver

at first
i didn’t want to know anything
about him
i covered the head of the guy
wanted to pay him some respect
i didn’t want to think
that this person lived
before i dissected him

i had a hard time
taking out the brain
cause you know, that’s where
the memories are
that’s what makes him
him

it’s not so hard now
they get the bodies from the morgue
they’re homeless people, mostly
no family
it’s not so hard now


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the book Writing to Honour & Cherish Blister and Burn, Janet Kuypers 2007 book the book Writing to Honour & Cherish (Kuypers edition) the book S&M by Janet Kuypers in 2007 the book Sing Your Life Life on the Edge, 2007 ccd collection book, front cover It All Comes Down, 2007 Janet Kuypers book, front cover Rising to the Surface, 2007 Janet Kuypers book, front cover the CD Sing Your Life Live at WZRD Radio - 2 CD set