If matter
consists
of atoms,
and atoms are built
from a nest
of six quarks
arrayed
in all possible
locations in space,
and space
is made of infini-
tesimal points—
each point,
a need
which has been blocked
(that is, neatly pinned-
in on all sides)
by a lack;
all the plaudits?
It makes a lot of sense
for us
to persist—does it
not?