The God Particle

 

In my life,
     I’ve heard a lot of noise
about God.
     I’ve even made some.

How shocking

      that His closest competition
Wields no thunderbolts
      But possibly rides them
A particle that may exist.

Still, ignorant but hopeful devotees pay rapt attention

      As the high priests
           Of physics
Pore over the entrails
      Of freshly slaughtered protons
           Looking for Higgsian clues
To the existence of all things,
Including me.

©2012 Bob Mason