Chapter XI: Subatomic Particles and Nuclear Chemistry

Excerpt from "Nuclear Family" by Mala Radhakrishnan

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So now I am feeling incredibly dumb,
’Cause a atom of carbon he now has become,
And the lovely husband that I once knew
Has changed his name for good, ’tis true.

And my son, who is troubled, is now on a mission
To rapidly undergo nuclear fission.
Against all the wishes of nurturing Moms,
He wants to go out and to make some bombs.

He hangs out with criminal kids like uranium,
Who put violent thoughts right into his cranium.
With a husband who’s changed and son who’s deranged,
It’s easy to see why I feel estranged.

And my daughter’s life is also not great.
She’s truly obsessed with losing weight.
“Mom, alpha decay is the best way to lose,
’Cause now every time I lose four a.m.u.’s!”
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