Friday, April 29, 2011

Chemical Elements Poems 27: Alpha Noble


colorless
odorless
tasteless
inert
monatomic.

made in the Big Bang
fused in the Sun
ejected from
radioactive nuclei

one-quarter of normal matter,
abundant through
the universe.
we fill balloons
and let them soar
to meet their alpha siblings.
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1 comment:

  1. AnonymousApril 16, 2023 at 4:37 PM

    i read almost all of your pieces while sitting on the toilet this morning and it brought me an immense amount of joy. please keep making more.

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