WARNING: First T-rated poem in, like, FOREVER!... So please don't hesitate to take cover if you wish to do so. The table is right around the corner.
Sodium Chloride
Chemistry is important, kids. Learn it 'till you earn it.
Nothing coming out of his lips
Makes sense to me at all.
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I love him
In every way possible.
I love his eyes.
His smile.
His grace.
(His thighs).
His voice which makes me go fluttery inside.
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But I hate, more than anything
When his voice which makes me go fluttery inside
Starts spluttering incomprehensibility.
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Chemistry.
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And God bless
How he's good at it.
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I crumple atop the desk with a groan.
He eyes me,
Frowning.
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"Does any of this",
he gestures to the textbook between us.
"make any sense to you?"
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I shake my head miserably.
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"Might as well call it a fail",
I sighed.
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"No."
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He's moved beside me now,
With that damned textbook
Clasped
In a dainty hand.
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"I'm helping you ace that test
And I'm not stopping
Until we get there."
He's dead serious.
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I shrug plainly.
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"If you see fit to do so,
Then I'm not stopping you."
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He nods
And starts to speak again.
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"Regarding ionic bonding."
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I perked up at his last word.
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"It occurs when polar opposites,
A positive and negative ion;
A cation and an anion,
Merges together to form anew."
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"And how is this…
Bonding, acquired?"
I murmur.
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"Funny you should ask",
His eyes dimmed in amusement,
"It starts because
The polar opposites both need.
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"Take, for instance,
Sodium chloride.
Sodium is aching to give."
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"And chlorine?"
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"Would like to receive",
He quipped.
"They need each other,
And so,
Sodium gives to chloride,
Attracting chloride to form…"
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"Sodium chloride",
I gasp,
Then grin as I say:
"a compound.
An ionic bond."
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"Clever boy",
He beams.
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I nod slowly,
Absorbing this lesson
The only way I knew how.
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"… Mind if I repeat it to you,
Kiku?"
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He shakes his head.
The lustrous black locks
That which adorns his crown
Falls neatly to cup his face.
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"So the sodium and chloride,
They need each other,
Don't they?"
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"They do."
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"For the sodium
Aches to give,
And the chloride
Yearns to receive."
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"I couldn't have put it better myself."
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"They meet and
They realize
They need each other.
So they attract.
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"And form sodium chloride.
Ionic bonding.
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"Chemistry",
I smile.
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He clasps his hands together in mirth.
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"You are ready",
He declares.
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"Oh,
And Kiku?"
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"Yes, Yao?"
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"There's just one more thing."
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Before he can protest,
I run a hand
Over his thighs.
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"Why don't we make sodium chloride tonight?"
... What? Don't laugh at me; I survived my first chemistry class of the year with this poem!
On a side note, here in formal Indonesian, 'compound' can be translated as 'senyawa', which, aside from meaning 'compound', can also be tossed back into English as 'one soul'... Or, at least something along that line. It's a pretty messy translation, since in the Indonesian language, 'se-' before a noun denotes that it is shared by multiple subjects; for instance, 'saya kini setingkat dengan sepupuku' means 'I am now at the same level as my cousin' (wouldn't imagine how anyone would be using that example in everyday conversation though). That means if I'm ever fortunate enough to have Yao and Kiku say "kita senyawa", it would mean something like "we are of one soul", heehee~! ... Aaanyways, me knowing that sort of made the whole 'sodium chloride' theme much more fun to work with.
-Plumeria-hi