Tuesday, 12 October 2010

Litmus

LITMUS

—noun
a soluble powder obtained from certain lichens. It turns red under acid conditions and blue under basic conditions and is used as an indicator.



Your lips had turned to litmus
Bright red with acidity
Your fake smile sour with rancour

1 comment:

Aeneas said...

:)

I wondered you would do with 'litmus'