Chemistry

I think you are a really nice guy

With the sweetest smile and eyes

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I’d like to get to know you better

(As friends nonetheless)

Hence, I’m writing you this letter

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You might say no, you might say yes

But unless I ask, I’m not gonna guess

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Would you like to spend a day

Going to the Planetarium or Aquarium

In San Francisco Bay?

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Hopefully, it’ll be sunny

And, we won’t spend a lot of money.

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So what do you say?

How about some Saturday?

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No chemistry class

No formulas or equations

Or those dreaded acid-base titrations

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Just fun in the sun

Laughing all day

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Let me know either way,

O.K.?

~~~

Written by Beth Malbon

May 4, 2001

I wrote this for a guy in my chemistry class in college and actually gave it to him. Needless to say, he turned me down.

Collage made using Google images.

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Boredom

Bored out of my mind

It’s the same ol’ grind

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I stare off into space

It’s a hopeless case

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Hours go by

My, oh my

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Stomach’s growling

I am frowning

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Desert sands, I see

Golly, I have to pee!

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Please hurry

My legs are getting furry

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A long drive ahead

My eyes are gonna be red

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Nothing else to write

So, I’ll end by saying

~

Goodnight

~~~

Written by Beth Malbon

January 10, 1992

I wrote this poem while I was waiting for my fiancé to get his honorable discharge from the Army at Fort Irwin in Barstow.

Collage made using images from Google: sands, woman, eyeball, clocks, and dog legs. Rest of images are my own: sky and my dog yawning.

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Soda

I wrote this poem as an assignment for a creative writing class I took in college. As I cannot get the “form” to come out correctly – I wrote it in a word document and then took a picture of it.

The words are as follows:

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Soda

Lemon, lime

Clear, crisp, bubbly

Low sodium, no caffeine

Sweet with no diet aftertaste

In red, white, green aluminum can

Condensation forming then; drops combining as one

Explosion of tab, pouring it into glass

Tinted tall, filled with ice cubes

Bring it up to lips

Tilt it and take

A big gulp

Swallow it

Burp

~~~

Written by Beth Malbon

February 25, 1995

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The United States of America

Red, white, and blue

The colors are true

With stars and stripes

That are gleaming bright

🇺🇸

You brave men and women

Holding hands

In the far away desert sands

🇺🇸

Fight for the right

In hopes to gain your sight

🇺🇸

You stare at the glare

In the battlefields

Hoping to miss the nightmare

Of not having your shields

🇺🇸

You think about the tomorrows

On what the days will bring

Whether they be joys or sorrows

🇺🇸

I thank you very kindly,

Beth Malbon

~~~

Dedicated to the troops of Operation Desert Storm

Written on October 23, 1990

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Hesitant

Looking back at the years

My heart fills with sorrow

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I hold back the tears

And concentrate on tomorrow

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Looking at the past

And praying it won’t last

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I focus on today

And hope it’ll stay

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My happiness with you

Is positively true

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And that’s why I’m hesitant

When dealing with the present

~~~

Written by Beth Malbon

December 6, 1989

Dedicated to Edward

Collage made using images from Google: pink color background, lips, and question mark.

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