The Properties of Metal – She is a Metal Woman

The Properties of Metal – She is a Metal Woman  

She is a metal woman.
Remark on her tensile strength!
So strong when stretched,
inheriting ductility from her make up.
She conducts, with compressive
strength under pressure,
an alloy,
that bends without breach.
She is malleable, easily
pressed; s p r e a d,
hammered into shape,
and her work-hardy structure
may change as a result.
Most days, she’s tough
and resists deforming;
on others, brittle,
she breaks,
especially when low on iron.
Ferrous, likely to rust
or be picked up by a random passing magnet,
she is a metal woman,
solid and flexible –
and you? You
should be in ore!

06/08