The language of chemistry

Here is one of my recent poems published in Dreich magazine:

The language of chemistry

The native chemistry tongues

hit high notes when

sodium atoms each transfer an electron

(eeep pnuu)

to chlorine atoms

to give sodium and chloride ions

(eeep pnuu)

Then salt beds settle

Deeper inside, the positive and neutral

particles sit heavy

(hund phum) (hund phum)