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Chemistry 101

We are chemistry after all
so a connection must at its core
consist of multiple covalent bonds,
electrons in orbit one on one.

Some reactions like a song
need a conductor to get along.
Others burn a fierce light
with one made wrong, the other right.

Some are reductive and take the best
leaving naught of happiness.
Transformative ones will elevate, thus
redefine the best of mates.

So you can speak of lust or desire
compare your passion to a fire,
dance naked beneath the harvest moon
or fit together like two spoons.

But in the end it comes to this 
chemistry defines the bliss.
Take out your litmus make the test
trust your compounds are the best.

Pour your mix into the bowl
let life happen to your soul.
 

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Race_9togo

Race_9togo

17 years 2 months ago

Craig

Excellent, man. Witty but heartfelt, and the title is great. Respectfully Jim "Laws and rules don't kill freedom: narrow-minded intolerance does" : Race
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Arrow

17 years 2 months ago

I'll have to take your word for the scientific facts

(having studied the math side of math and science). Cheerful, light with a strong ending. I patricularly like stanza 4. I wonder if the last line wouldn't be stronger if it were shorter, e.g., "chemistry defines the bliss." I'm not sure what the ellipses add but, I must admit, I just hate ellipses, much like mayonnaise.
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Craig Norris

17 years 2 months ago

As always..

Thanks Arrow..I've played with the ending since you posted your comment, and agree with you, I like the cut. I must admit to ignorance here, didn't know that three dots were called ellipses. I just wanted space, instead I created unspoken words, not what I sought, I will dis them. Mayo of the commercial kind is quite ordinary I agree, but with free range eggs good virgin oil some capers and a modicum of toil, the results I'm sure you will find, will help to re-adjust your mind.