On the Discovery
of 1054 New Planets in the Milky Way Galaxy by the Satellite Kepler, February 6th 2011
Like a young Alvie Singer
Speaking to his therapist,
I too am worried
About the universe,
How it is expanding,
And that I am caught here
Waiting in the bedroom
To brush my teeth
Because you are taking
Too long in the shower again.
Kristian Becker is a first year medical student at the Duke University School of Medicine. He has previously studied biochemistry and poetry at Boston University and Columbia University School of the Arts.