Poems of the Week

Mickey Don’t Lose That Number

by Steve Bremner

“Nanoengineers have developed microscopic robots… that can swim around in the lungs,
deliver medication and be used to clear up life-threatening cases of bacterial pneumonia.
In mice, the microrobots… resulted in 100% survival. By contrast, untreated mice all died
within
three days after infection.”
UC San Diego Today

What’s the kind of medicine
That’s made for you and me?
M-I-C-R-O-S-
C-O-P-I-C.

Feeling weak and wheezy, kids?
Just call UCSD.
M-I-C-R-O-S-
C-O-P-I-C.

Micro-bots! Micro-bots!
Forever let us raise our coughless cry
Cry cry cry!

Come along and sing our song
And join our CDC:
M-I-C-R-O-S-
C-O-P-I-C.