Three physicists
who are attending
the flagship university
of this poet's home state
the University of North Carolina
were a part of the research team
led by Arthur B. McDonald
of Queens University
and Takaaki Kajita
of the University of Tokyo
who today
have won the Nobel Prize in Physics
for experiments demonstrating
that sub-atomic particles called neutrinos
change identities.
Now this is not
to be confused
with the fact that McDonald's
(how dare
some high-falutin' brainiac Canadian
steal such an all-American name)
implementation of select
all-day breakfast items
lets you change
your "nutritional" identity
to something
not-so-noble
for example to that
of a person
"who consumes
an Egg McMuffin
or biscuit
(for the McCrory Belt
and surrounding area)
and hash browns
every time
(not just until 10:30 AM)
a Republican candidate
says something
creatively brazen
or insensitive
about why kindergarten teachers
should have
or why we just shouldn't
do anything anyway
about guns
because criminals
will get them anyway."
After all
banning something
only really seems to work
if it pertains
to women's health
or minority voting rights.
(And why risk
needless democracy?)
This poem © 2015 Emily Cooper.
