Bright, beautiful, boiling orbs of gel,
colorful wax withheld within a metal-glass shell,
raised by the heat of light from below,
the far, tall, lonely cold shall then bestow
the great orbs of waxy gel back to the boiling pit
of electric heat, to which the bright, colorful sphere shall submit,
turning to a massive hill, where it shall stay until it boils over,
returning then to a globe-like shape, rising ‘till it should over all tower.
One should never forget, however, the small drops formed between
the tip of the hill and the globe, which go up or down,
depending on seemingly nothing, so long as nothing intervenes.
The metal base is untouchable for heat,
but the cap is warm and is worn like the good king’s crown.
The lava lamp truly is one of the most mesmerizing machines.
As such it is fully doomed to ever go up and down, and ever repeat,
bouncing up and down as though it were a waxen clown.
Occasionally the orbs falling down and the orbs rising up
meet in the middle and hug it out until they form together like spoonfuls of syrup,
forming a bead completely unsure, will it go up or down, each half attempting
to gainsay the other, but with equal standing neither can belay, waiting
till one from above or one from below may decide their uncertain fate,
but thankfully for them they need not for long suffer a horrible wait,
for the small droplets are always eager to decide the fate of their larger brothers,
and while we watch this beautiful device we darest not a single word utter,
so mesmerizing is this glass, metal, and wax Lava Lamp.
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