There are five fundamental forces,
said my son.
Gravitational, Electromagnetic, the Strong, the Weak,
and Hunger.
Hunger
is the fundamental force
from which all the others are derived,
I said.
And there are accordingly five
fundamental particles.
The one associated with Hunger is called
First published in The Authorised Theft Papers, the Australasian Association of Writing Programs’ (AAWP’s) 2016 conference proceedings.
From A coat of ashes
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