What Does Chemistry Mean to Me?

Josephine WarrenJames M. Bennett Senior High School, Salisbury, Maryland!

What does chemistry mean to me?The color of everything that I see,The intricate workings of a cell . . .The metal that gives the ring to a bellShampoos with which folks wash their hairThe delectable fragrances people wearMoth balls . . . tooth powder . . . marble . . . pearlThe hormones that make up a boy or a girlEnzymes that enable us to digest our foodThe hemlock of Socrates . . . the cellulose roodSterling: Towie . . . Gorham or SteiffThe green chlorophyll that is in a leafTest tubes, indicators and always one studentWho works in a manner that is slightly imprudentGlass and crystal and all things plasticAcids and bases and stretchy elasticSomething to ease a loved one^s painSolutions of nitrates, thunderstorms . . . rainSalt and sugar and water suppliesThe growing wonder of brand new dyesMatter and anti-matter, tooCopper sulfate crystals of blueA mass spectrograph, the periodic lawApatite similar to the teeth in your jawNucleonics, the atom bombTransmutation . . . alchemists be calmGases that may as poisons rateTheories why reactions increase or abateA rare gas wave length for a meter^s basisMelanin explaining the shades of racesAtoms in crystals . . . meticulous . . . neatCompounds of rare gases . . . cement and concretePauling . . . Rutherford . . . Neils Bohr . . . LawrenceThe solar wind and plasma torrentsCobalt 60 ... fussion and fissionThe photochemical reactions that we call visionThe pollution of our ocean of airEinstein^s E equals M C squareA formula, a symbol, an equation, a moleNew information from project MoholeChlorine gas and a man named ScheeleAstronauts and a pill-sized mealDigitalis and the wild foxgloveDiamonds and emeralds I think of�

What does chemistry mean to me?Everything that I feel or seeEverything that I taste or hearA light that shines on each day of the year!

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