Today I was inspired not only by @budtheteacher's prompt, but by the poem Kelly wrote in response. One of the real delights of participating in #poemaday has been the opportunity and nudge to read and respond to the writing of others.
Speed Limit
Add ninety (on the highway)
to noble He and get U --
in '92 it was all I needed to know
about how the world worked.
I thought chemistry was magic,
had no idea it was numbers --
a problem to solve,
equations to balance.
But, I found out the hard way
that two plus one leads to Lie
and even if the atomic number of I
is 53, we all know it is a lonesome one
and the chart might make us think
we know what's solid
and where we can stand,
but heartache turns the world to liquid.
Your foot on the gas,
my heart in your hand.
In '92 it was all I wanted to know
about how the world worked.
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