The Weight of No

No:

Weighs more than Yes by 9 picograms

Stings louder than wasp venom

Clouds judgment by days

Cuts deeper than a marine mile

Drowns in only an inch of water

Cries before the birds at first light

Sings into a heart in one wave

Buys respect with one-tenth of one penny

Dissolves a memory at pH 7.0

Tastes like two pastels in winter

Lights up a city in one photon

Swims up the Thames in half a stroke

Breaks a camel's back with one thread

Depresses joy at 0.3 rpm

Scribbles a story in a glyph.