Hydrogen hydroxide is the very stuff of life
With it's tendency to cluster and to split
The hydrogens are labile far less faithful than a wife
And they love to gad about a little bit
It's rare to find a molecule that doesn't have a mate
They stick around in threes or fours or more
With anomolous bond distances when in the solid state
They make a lovely splashing on the floor
The pretty shapes the crystals form can decorate a tree
Or piled up high get formed into a drift
If it wasn't for these properties there's be no you and me
So without a little water I'd be miffed
Oxonium dihydride, as it's almost never called
Is the liquid that I need to make some tea
So I'm grateful to this molecule as I'd really be appalled
If there was no way to make some tea for me!
Author notes
OK wasn't sure what you wanted so I thought I'd stress the most vital function of one of natures marvels.
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Comments
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This is great! It's not quite on topic...
But clever and creative....I actually had to make a cup of tea, after reading this...lol...I prefer honey and lemon in mine...Best wishes in the contest!
Write on!
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Interesting piee.
Thanks for sharing and best wishes to you
in the contest.
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Let's hear it for the great British tea!!!!
Great write this, jam-packed with technology upto the eyeballs-think I'll lay down me quill now!!!!
xxx Bumpy
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