Distilled. (Edit 2)

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Strictly speaking, I think this is correct -
A ring of tears forms, drops back, re-forms.

Whereas
Many rings of tears form, drop back, re-form.

But anyhow, what with the freshly formed pearls, form is rather ubiquitous. I'd seek an alternative to freshly formed.


Caught at the neck of a glass condenser,
freshly formed pearls
vaporise.
Gravity fed legs collect              - Gravity fed felt very odd at first but I like it now. Needs a hyphen?
and run in spirals,
a falling curtain of surface tension    - nice sounds
to prove the gunpowder test.         - that's lost on me.

Unwatched the boiling flask            - Is there a purpose to Unwatched?
flames the remains.
Whorls of water
bleed and diffuse into the mix.
The final proof,
at the digital density meter bench,
reads weight by volume.                    - that's lost on me too.

I prefer to simply count the tears
as they rise and fall in my wine glass.

Under proof

                     there is no spark.

Nice last 3 lines. For me Below proof would be clearer, but then my scientific understanding is poor.