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Poem Details
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| Title: | Particle Physics |
| Author: | Carol Dietrich |
| Date Submitted: | 6/9/2006 |
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I ask you, What force becomes stronger with distance? It is not the one that leads neutrons to decay, Not gravity or electromagnetic chance, The frivolity of Democritus’ play. Perhaps if I had seen a quark or its three pairs I’d recognize up/down, top/bottom, charm or strange Regardless there’s the stronger force of one who cares Who builds internally a universe deranged. The mystery remains concerning six leptons: I cannot explain a particle, a charge, love. The discrete amounts of energy crept upon Now make me wonder what dark matter is made of And why we believe so strongly in what we see-- God, grand, unified, theory, gluon, you and me. ... |