Surgery is not my favorite rotation, there are things I like about it and things I hate about it, but mostly I'm just bored. Today, for example, I spent 6 hours in a laparoscopic case where I did nothing but stand on my two feet and stare at a screen barely making out the intestinal anatomy of the poor woman between whose legs I was standing. During that 6 hours, I made up haiku inside my head to keep me attentive. I've cobbled together what I remember.
Where is it not sore?
Shift slowly from side to side.
Listlessly I gaze.
Where does the smoke go?
The bored student thinks inside.
Laparoscopy.
I can't see a thing.
Is that thing the appendix?
What time is it now?
I hug my chest tight
Don't contaminate a thing
Phil will yell at you.