Of Monometallic Alloys

I do know it has been a long time, friend, but it might comfort you to know that you are not the only one. See, I had to get back to you finally, and here I am.

Of Monometallic Alloys
(Chemistry Loses Again)

There are stones
And there is glass.
Thought it was inpenetrable,
Its surface was steel, after all-
The self-delusion of silica.
Then a clash-
The rocks stayed strong, but it cracked,
Realising, only too late,
The steel was actually
only aluminium foil.

It is getting bullet-proofed now
Shunning the bauxite and the terrifying truth
That the heart of it
remains but molten gas.