To All My Scientist Colleagues I Bid You Farewell

To all my scientist colleagues I bid you farewell

It's been a long career

Of splitting open atoms with government funds

I'll never forget transplanting retinas

And federal agendas that we scorned

Dear like minded friends

Never forget what you've learned

They've taken my microscope

And my radiation lab pass

I've packed up my pictures

Of my dear wife, my siblings

And my scientist dad

I'm planning to open a newspaper stand

With a shoe shine chair just for a laugh

While I'm selling the present

My mind will drift back to the past

To all my scientist colleagues I bid you farewell

Some of us are religious

But most of us think we're just bones, flesh, and cells

I'll guess we'll find out

When our hearts stop ticking

And our brains stop working so well

Can't say I'm looking forward

To being the first one to tell

To my scientist colleagues

I bid you farewell

To all my

To all my

To all my