Chemistry – one on one

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They were hydrogen.

He was nucleus

stable, self-contained,

she was electron

buzzing-surround

caught by attraction

held firmly in place

unable to split.

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©  1982, 2017  Betty Hayes Albright

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(re-post of a poem written in 1982)

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Looking for Solutions

(Old one from 1982)

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Love poems sound corny like

old songs on radios,

black and white movies

starring bad actors,

valentine flowers

and sugar too sweet.

What language is there

for ethereal chemistry?

We need some math:

say it with algebra!

Problems of love

could be solved with equations,

but no – we have words

that don’t know where to start

and don’t know when to quit

and never say quite

what we wanted them to.

There, I tried again.

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 © 1982, 2014 Betty Hayes Albright

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Flavor

They say passion

is addictive

chemistry

inside the brain

but she knows

this isn’t true

for she can quit

at any time

but her muse

is a pusher

dropping him

into her dreams

and she just likes the flavor

and would gladly

wear the patch

that bears his name.

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(c) 2013, 2018 Betty Hayes Albright

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Hydrogen Atom (or Chemistry 101)

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You are nucleus

stable, self-contained,

I am electron

buzzing-surround

caught by attraction

held firmly in orbit

unable to split.

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©  1982,  2017  Betty Hayes Albright

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