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What I Learned In Chemistry
We could be a mixture
A compound, unpure.
Bound by forces
They neglected to teach
Spark a reaction;
A chemical change.
Creating the energy,
Color red in my cheeks.
Physically broken down,
Dissolving,
Until I am him
And he is me.
I know what I want.
Elements can be one,
It just takes work
And circumstance.
It takes more muscles to frown,
So it's not just conservation
When he gives me that look
And begins to respire.
It won’t register today.
The shock will stall my brain.
The process takes time
A minute for a 60,000 mile trip
But when his words diffuse
From capillaries to cells and back
To travel to my heart
And turn it black.
Cleaved by hydrolysis,
Water straight from my tears.
Something is only alive
With the ability to react.
So where does that leave me?
No phylum fits quite right
And I know I was wrong.
There’s no science to love.
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