"Chemistry Experiment" By Bart Edelman

We listened intently to the professor,
Followed each one of her instructions,
Read through the textbook twice,
Wore lab coats and safety goggles,
Mixed the perfect chemical combinations
In the proper amount and order.
We thought we were a completely success.
And then the flash of light,
The loud, perplexing explosion,
The black rope of smoke,
Rising freely above our singed hair.
Someone in another lab down the hallway
Phoned the local fire department
Which arrived lickety-split
With the hazardous waste crew,
And they assessed the accident,
Deciding we were out of danger.
It was the talk of the campus,
For many weeks afterwords.
We, However, became so disillusioned
The we immediately dropped the course
And slowly retreated from each other.
The very idea we could have done
More damage than we actually did--
Blown ourselves up and the building
From the base of its foundation--
Shook us, like nothing had before.
And even now, years later,
When anyone still asks about you,
I get this sick feeling in my stomach
And wonder what really happened
To all the elementary matter.

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