Sixth Flavour: Spearmint 12 July 2009 Poem by Margaret Alice

The High Energy Magic Building at
Unseen University where fluxes in
the morphic nature of the universe
show the impermanence of seeming-
ly rigid time-space which illustrates
the implausibility of reality

The ‘thaum’ is the smallest particle
of magic, made up of resons or thing-
ies, representing reality fragments
made up of FIVE flavours: Up, Down,
Sideways, Sex Appeal and Peppermint
the SIXTH should be Spearmint…

The Disc-world’s rendition of quarks
with SIX flavours: Up, Down, Strange,
Charm, Truth, Beauty - How lovely…

Quoted from: Terry Pratchett “Lords and
Ladies” Victor Gollancz,1992, p.97