An Incident in Chemistry Class
Hell!
He fell.
Lifted a hand,
Begging for some help.
But we were far away.
Chaos started. Fire alarms went off.
New colors formed, as the chemicals mixed
On the granite stones of our laboratory floor.
Fume filled the room. Few fainted from the fug.
News came sadly: Fire In School Burned Chemistry Teacher Badly.
— Navid, December 2020
Each line begins with a chemical element, in the order of the periodic table: H, He, Li, Be, B, C, N, O, F, Ne.