poem “Polonium-210, with sparks flying”, a Twitter-length Periodic Table poem about the isotope for element #84 Polonium (<sup>210</sup>Po), about how in the 1950 this Very rare & highly volatile radioactive element was used by Firestone as a part of their Spark Plugsm advertising that it would give better ignition - whether or not they could prove it, the half-life of Polonium-210 was only 138 days, so you can actually now find it for sale on eBay because the radioactivity is no long inert, By Chicago Poet Janet Kuypers

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Enjoy this YouTube video from 3/30/22 of Janet Kuypers during her “Poetry & Open Mic at The Gallery Cabaret 3/30/22” feature night in Chicago, where she read 36 of her Twitter-length Periodic Table poems (including this one) as her select “Twitter Verse periodic Table Poetry” poems from her book “Twitter Verse periodic Table Poetry” in her “Twitter Verse periodic Table Poetry” feature (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuyperspoetryshow #janetkuypersbookreading #janetkuyperstwitterverseperiodictablepoem

Enjoy this Facebook live video stream from 3/30/22 of Janet Kuypers during her “Poetry & Open Mic at The Gallery Cabaret 3/30/22” feature night in Chicago, where she read 36 of her Twitter-length Periodic Table poems (including this one) as her select “Twitter Verse periodic Table Poetry” poems from her book “Twitter Verse periodic Table Poetry” in her “Twitter Verse periodic Table Poetry” feature (this video was filmed & streamed live from a Samsung S9 camera with a Lava Lamp filter; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuyperspoetryshow #janetkuypersbookreading #janetkuyperstwitterverseperiodictablepoem

Polonium-210,
with sparks flying
Janet Kuypers
11/23/21 (Twitter-length Periodic Table poem
for the isotope of element #84 Polonium (²¹⁰Po)
#janetkuyperstwitterverseperiodictablepoem
on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and Tumblr
Very rare & highly volatile,
radioactive Polonium doesn’t seem useful—
then how was Polonium-210
advertised in 1950s Firestone Spark Plugs?
If claims were true, better
ignition only lasted the 138-day half-life,
so— whether or not it was
dangerous, it’s now safe to order on eBay.

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