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Cesium

Cesium

"Cesium hydroxide is the strongest base known and will attack glass." (internet site)


Cesium, why are you
so blue, sky blue,
bluer than Lake Bernic,
where, on the second
month of the year,
your admirers burn you
in a festival of
your name? Does that
anger you? Is that why
you attack the clearest
thing we hold? Don't you
know, elements that attack
glass should not live
in stone? Don't you know,
one can't get more
base than that?
By nathan long

Oh cesium, in chemistry lessons
how you made us punch the air
Forget sodium and potassium
you've got much more flair
When it comes to hydrogen explosions
you're the boss, the undisputed heir
Wear your laurel crown with pride
for just like the dog food for little dogs
and unlike the leaders of ancient Rome
you are spelt with no "a"
By Mike Hunt MD

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