Monday, March 14, 2011

Strangely unphased.


We're dissecting a heart tomorrow.  
For Biology.
Should be exciting.
We have 160 000 km of blood vessels in our bodies.
This should seem irrelevant in the face of the thousands of people whose hearts have been stilled by the tsunami in Japan.
Yet, I have to learn about the aorta, pulmonary arteries, atria, tricuspids, ventricles and all that blood.
So, out damned spot, my guilt for lack of empathy.
 My heart beats on.

heart

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