Rosalind Franklin

John Randall in Kings,
I was smart.
Physics, Chemistry, Biology,
PhD, Diffraction, Crystallography. 
I split water-
a living Moses,
leading my people to freedom,
and found the holy grail:
Photo 51.
My beautiful creation filled with greys and
weaved a cross pattern that showed
Two Separate Wholes. 
We could exist in two forms; 
separate, distinct, divorced.
But you forced one;
twisted, hereditary, genetic.
Unpublished, unknown, 
My little secret–
but only for a while. 
If only I knew.
And then they announced it. 
The Noble Prize, 
a crooked gold coin, 
given to two crooked gold men. 
But they’ll figure out the truth- the real truth – 
You know it as well as I do.
You told them after my death. 
Say. My. Name. 

– Sylvia

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