Friday, August 13, 2010

Ode to Chemistry

It was 2005 and I had just finished failing another Chemistry exam. I decided to express my feelings in the following poem…


Ode to Chemistry by Cini M


The birds twitter

dementedly

As I struggle

with chemistry.


The wind moans

ironically,

as atoms bond

ionically.


Is ‘isomerism’

even a word?

Really? If so

I haven’t heard…


Why don’t we

run and hide?

Rather than deal

with sodium oxide


What if we

take some action?

Chemistry being the

catalyst in our reaction…


Will they notice

our plight?

our pathetic attempts

to take flight?


No. I thought not.

Worrying much more

about the reaction

of HCL and H2SO4


Needless to say, I did not continue with chemistry….but my English teacher (between hysterical laughs) assured me that I might have a future in writing…with a lot more practice

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