To dopamine
I. O fair dopamine
wondrous molecule, so cool
even gets you high.
II. Reward, punishment
in dopamine highs and lows
a complete package
III. Tasty dopamine
the umami of my brain
why can't you hate carbs?
IV. Feel the pleasure and
the pain, wrong motivation
dopamine, habit
V. "Neurotransmission"
sad how these long science words
will ruin haikus
Hopefully, dopefully,
curious scientists
get all excited to
look at a nerve;
Somewhat ironic, their
dopaminergical
pathways light up--that's
the function they serve!
Vervily, nervily
research biologists
see information, where
others see goo;
Looking for keys to some
psychopathology--
Parkinson's, Alzheimer's,
maybe Love, too.