By Mitchell Benton
A hungry stomach
When I finish morning rounds
I’ll take one box please
Mitchell Benton is a fourth-year medical student. He is a Little Rock native, and feels a special connection to this city. He felt compelled to write this poem because he feels poetry is a beautiful, yet effective means of communicating elements of everyday life. Box lunches are often a favorite topic of conversation, and he felt that a haiku could best communicate this element of life at the Little Rock VA. He would like to thank his parents and especially his sister, who initially inspired his love of literature. He would also like to thank his friends, Thomas Harkey, Clayton Davis, Luke James, Tony Chacko, Alex Cranford, Will Mitchell, and Jack Hagan.