As Tyrant for Life one of my (self-appointed, obviously) responsibilities is to keep an eye on the goings-on over at our outpost in the Gamma Quadrant. So it was that on Thursday lunchtime that I was catching up on the comment thread of Stephen’s latest post. Something there caught my eye, and in five or ten minutes I’d used that inspiration to scribble the following poem. Enjoy!
Standard Model
When a proton
In desperation
First grabbed an electron
And gave unwittingly
To an undiscovered country
Stars and water and airships
Did it feel
In some quark-like fashion
The same primal urge
That keeps my heart
In orbit
Around the sun of you?
