Ode to Graphene

 

O thou bi-dimensional honeycomb

Of modest carbon atoms knit

In hexagonal construct so arrayed

Whereon electrons gaily flit

They dart amongst thy orbitals e’er quick

With speed nigh that of Einstein’s light

Finding mild resistance to their passage

Like tiniest neutrino might

With tensile strength of greater scale than steel

And weight of little more than flame

‘Tis said one-meter square would hold a cat

And her one whisker would weigh same

From humble pencil lead thou hast been peeled

By even humbler sticky strip

From such ordinary instigation

What innovations might unzip?

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