poem

 PhotonsWhere do the photons come fromWhen a match is lit?I ’d always assumed The light is just trapped,Patiently waiting to be released.But physicists assert thatPhotons actually arise de novo,Scratched into existenceEvery time an electron fallsBack from a higher energy levelThe steeper the fallThe brighter the flash of lightWhich means they ’re just an accounting trickA rote tallying up of numbers  To make two sides of an equation match A sunrise reduced to the ineluctability of mathShooting stars as trailing digits after the decimalThe light of our bright shining world Nothing but a squaring of computational accountsI still choose to believeThe light was always thereSurreptitiously hiding itselfIn tips of red phosphorusJust waiting to be struck3/8/22

Source: Buckeye Surgeon - March 8, 2022 Category: Surgery Authors: Jeffrey Parks MD FACS Source Type: blogs