Thursday, June 17, 2021

Do Quarks Not Change?

Some say they don’t.
Some doubt the claim.
Some do; some don’t.
But all use names.

They switch. They turn.
They earn new names.
Ah, but, say some,
Not lost! Not gone!

The whole damned sum
Of its least bits
(And those least bits)
Add up the same,

No loss, no gain.
It’s in our math!
Oh, math? No, math
Won’t change, can’t change.