pH Balance

Before your diagnosis
you diagnosed us
as imbalanced.

My doctor says
we’re not chemically
compatible during sex;
stop throwing off my pH.

You admitted you
had no idea what
he meant
then admitted you
titrated unknown liquids
in Chem 101.

Post diagnosis
you repeated

ph ph ph ph

titrating your world
back to balance.

Stage two
brought you
pronouncing

photograph
philosophy
philharmonic
philistine

with a hard PUH
sound
and soft hoh.