Discovery
Inspired by Thomas Sayer Ellis
For the Physics Room Lunch Group

In high school,
you thought
you were so cool,
wearing your varsity
jacket like an athlete:
Mathlete, Science-
Olympians
in a dark room
learning biology
but the male to female
ratio lacked chemistry
the boys found
in hydrochloric acid
trips, chemicals under
the kitchen sink, p
on the counter, your dick
stuck in it.
What a cliché-all an experiment.
Trying to create
the real thing,
your sister's Barbie
got all sticky:
genetics in her hair
from your fetish
for plastic women
that don't speak back.