A Poem by Sarah Thursday

Viscosity  

 

Viscosity is the

resistance of fluid to

eventual deformation by

 

shear or tensile stress.

Viscosity is due to

friction of opposing

 

parcels of fluid at

varied velocities.

Pressure is needed to

 

overcome the friction between

the layers and keep the

fluid moving.

 

Viscosity depends on

the size, shape, and

attraction between

 

particles. For example,

honey has a higher

viscosity than water.

 

A fluid with no

resistance to stress is

known as ideal or

 

inviscid fluid. This

explains so much about

my life. Am I honey or

 

am I inviscid?

 

 

 

Sarah Thursday was mostly raised in Long Beach, California.  She teaches 4th and 5th grade, is obsessed with music, and has only recently dove into poetry again. She has forthcoming or has been published in Stylus Magazine, The Long Beach Union (CSULB), The Atticus Review, Eunoia Review, East Jasmine Review, Yonic South, poeticdiversity, and a project called Please Judge: Short Stories Based on the Songs of Roky Erickson. She has also made five chapbooks over the years. Recently, she has become the editor of Cadence Collective: Long Beach Poets, almost by accident, but completely on purpose.