At JINR they had a dream
To see some element never seen.
Transuranics, like Californium,
And plain old ordinary Calcium
They slammed together, o'er and o'er
(Like the forceful closing of a door)
And behold! In the targer area there,
Alpha decay was brought to bear:
The clues all whispered, "Now you've done it!
Stick another feather in your bonnet!"

And there was element one sixteen
Followed soon by one eighteen --
But no one's seen one seventeen!