Phosphine for Venus:
virility vs. volcanism
Janet Kuypers
9/7/21 (Twitter-length Periodic Table poem,
for element #015 Phosphorus in the compound
Phosphine (or hydrogen phosphide, PH3)
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Scientists claim hard evidence
w/ Phosphine in Venus’ clouds
that Venus hosts life
Check your premises, some say —
Phosphine comes from volcanoes
active on Venus
Phosphine’s an Earth biosignature gas
made by living organisms
But on Venus, volcanism kills
all of life’s virility
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