Radioisotope blues
Got 'em.
RADIOISOTOPE BLUES
Got the isotope blues,
Radioisotope blues,
As the waves from the sea
Bring dying mammals to me,
That’s what from fission ensues –
Radioisotope blues!
Got the alpha-source blues,
So now I’m tryin’ to choose
What best to eat or avoid,
Dilemmas becquerelloid!
Rewrite your dinner menus –
Got the alpha-source blues!
Got the beta-source blues,
Like a long-burning fuse,
And don’t know where all the e-
Mitters have landed in me.
But how much have I to lose?
Got the beta-source blues!
Got the gamma-ray blues
From my hair to my shoes
As fallout leaving the air
Is raining down everywhere,
That’s the up-to-date news –
Got the gamma-ray blues!
Got the hemorrhage blues
While I forlornly peruse
The bruises forming in rows
Upon my fingers and toes.
As little blood vessels ooze –
Got the hemorrhage blues!
Radioisotope blues!
Guess I’m payin’ my dues
Just for believin’ that we
Would never reckon, you see,
For the Pu that we use –
Radioisotope blues!
Got isotope blues!
(c) 2012 David Ritchie
