My Daughter did Science by Andrew Shephard

I was speaking to my daughter

of the properties of water –

the flow, the singing brooks,

reflections on a placid mere

the inspiration of a tear,

how it differs from the rocks.

No Dad, she said, rocks too can flow,

erupt and spew and turn to gas

when subject to sufficient mass –

just watch the molten lava flow

from this Icelandic volcano.

So,

it’s not important what it is,

what matters is how hot it is.

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