Lines on the non-Discovery of the Higgs Boson
In search of fame I spread around
A rumour that the Higgs was found;
But now it’s clear it wasn’t true,
My career has just gone down the loo.
(by Peter Coles, aged 47½)
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In the Dark 
July 14, 2010 at 11:30 pm
The LHC, to be quite crass,
Was meant to find the origin of mass.
But should it fail, the cost we’ll soon find
To be an embarassment of an entirely new kind.
July 15, 2010 at 9:25 am
Peter,
Can I submit your name for the Poet Laureate position?
July 15, 2010 at 2:38 pm
I wasn’t aware that it was vacant…
July 15, 2010 at 3:02 pm
I think the incument would resign when he sees the quality of your composition(s).
July 15, 2010 at 2:50 pm
The LHC was badly delayed,
Yet still the UK public paid,
And now we may have have lost the race,
To find the Higgs and save our face.
July 16, 2010 at 4:08 pm
Suddenly, nothing happened.
July 17, 2010 at 6:50 pm
A particle physicist named Dorigo
Showed a remarkable lack of ego:
He never claimed credit for a rumour
Blaming it instead on his informants’ twisted sense of humour.