Proposal Day

'Tis Valentine's Day
At the NSCL
Get out of our way,
We're racing pell-mell
Talking in hallways
On stairs, elevators,
And looking 'round always
For collaborators.
 
It's Valentine's Day!
Not a chocolate in sight
For, I'm sad to say,
We've been here all night
Writing proposals
That lack in romance
To study intently
The nuclear dance.
 
Today, we request
Radioactive beams
And only the best
Of proposal schemes
Will someday be run
(More staying up late)
Then analysis fun
And then graduate!
 
Who talks about love?
We have one intent:
"Will you be part of
my experiment?"
It's proposal day--
Need I say more?
We're running around like
Electrons of Bohr.