The Duck Pond Splash Down

In the heart of every core, where tiny quarks abide,  
Up, down, charm—strange doors slide wide.  
Whispering secrets of the cosmic tide,  
Their fractional dance, nature's fundamental guide.

Bound by gluons' unseen lace,  
Hadrons form with silent grace.  
Protons, neutrons, in their place,  
Weave the dense, nuclear embrace.

Spin, the quantum's mystic spin,  
Half or whole, it twirls within.  
Fermions, bosons, kin of quantum sin,  
Hold the universe’s rhythm, deep and thin.

Each note a quantum, distinct and keen,  
In the orchestra of the unseen.  
Particles dance, fields intervene,  
A discrete harmony, perfectly serene.