Nuclear Fuchsia
written by: Charlotte R Faulconbridge
Why do I have to pick
Between pink and quantum mechanics?
Can I not like electromagnetism
As well as blush and bubblegum?
Can I not wear magenta
As I calculate inertia?
Or split the atom
Whilst wearing shades of salmon?
What if I wore carnation
To learn about the H-bomb’s creation?
Or drench myself in watermelon
As I witness particle acceleration?
Because I like brains
And I like them big
And not just because
The cerebral cortex is pink
But because I like to think
Not just to look pretty
My general relativity
Shouldn’t be defined by my taste in colour theory
Fuchsia or fission
You’re saying that’s my decision?!
Can I not be more one thing?
Because I am a beauty and a geek!
So give me particle accelerators by the sea!
Quantum calculations written in cerise!
The thermodynamics of our energy,
And gravitational waves of the Universe’s synergy!
Not a pastel ultimatum
With a half-life of rosy momentum
So spare a thought
For my centripetal force
And the spin of my reactor’s nucleus core
Because whether I like the dusky tones of photon diffraction
My matter, matters.
- Nuclear Fuchsia - August 5, 2023
