Grecians, Egyptians, and Romans used it in cosmetics,
and is still used in mascara.
Felt-makers used mercury in carroting pelts,
producing felt hats and mad hatters.
Miners used mercury to process silver ore
and to trap flakes when panning gold.
You can absorb mercury through your skin,
inhale mercury vapor, or eat it in fish.
It accumulates and is extremely toxic, impairing
senses and coordination, disturbing sensations.
Essential in neon, fluorescent, and mercury vapor lights,
and used in thermometers and as electrodes in chemical processing.
Liquids
gin for grins
beer for being
wine for wit
liquids for life
tears for real
ice is nice
but that metal at room temperature
should flow
is plain weird
The alchemist’s prima materia was the matter from which all other matter was derived,
and that would, on its touch, convert other matter to itself, a kind of ice-nine for all matter.
The alchemist’s prima materia was the matter from which all other matter was derived, and that would, on its touch, convert other matter to itself, a kind of ice-nine for all matter.
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