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Grady McMurtry

Joe Jugg, he was a chemist, sure--of Truth he was a seeker;

Solutions of all kinds he mixed within his little beaker.

But once he judged his pH wrong, and when it cleared (the pall),

This was his plaintive comment as they scraped him off the wall:

"When mixing NO3," he said, "that is, if you ever should,

Note: Filter it through paper that is really made of wood;

For cotton, it has properties, you know this, I assume,

If these two mix with glycerol, 'tis likely to go "Boom".

Now that is what has happened here-would I'd listened to the teacher!

What little there is left of me must perforce meet the preacher."

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