Rutherfordium, blinked
out of existence
Janet Kuypers
12/3/21 Twitter-length Periodic Table poem
for element #104, Rutherfordium (Rf)
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The U.S. & Soviets battled in transfermium wars,
even to name periodic table elements. For 104,
the U.S. said, Ernest Rutherford & nuclear science;
Soviets said, Igor Kurchatov & Russian nukes.
It’s ironic they fought to win, by discovering
what quickly blinked out of existence.
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