One Gram Is a Powerful Thing

One gram, yes one gram, that’s all it took, The mass of a one dollar bill. It’s enough to make you healthy, too, When you swallow a little green pill. One gram, just a small little mass, Less than a paper clip. It’s one third that of a coin, Or a hundred dollar black poker chip. One gram can also hold so much, A hundred gigabytes in a USB port. And it’s the weight of a small metal nib, Used in a human rights court. One gram, yes one gram, that’s all it took When dropped on a Japanese hill. One gram of plutonium for a hundred thousand lives, To murder, to slaughter, to kill.