Phosphine for Venus:  
virility vs. volcanism
Janet Kuypers 
9/7/21 (Twitter-length Periodic Table poem, 
for element #015 Phosphorus in the compound 
Phosphine (or hydrogen phosphide, PH3) 
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Scientists claim hard evidence 
w/ Phosphine in Venus’ clouds 
that Venus hosts life 
Check your premises, some say — 
Phosphine comes from volcanoes 
active on Venus 
Phosphine’s an Earth biosignature gas 
made by living organisms 
But on Venus, volcanism kills 
all of life’s virility 
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