Negative, irrational, and imaginary numbers
Never accepted, in their own lifetimes
Can’t count on them, like coins or beans
Yet, they can be expressed, and flexed, just fine
The worst-named thing, in all the many worlds
Is the imaginary number, so now, it’s famous —
Followed by strange, charm, colour and spin
Then big bangs, which… all but beat Uranus
Cygnus x-1 star deserves a catchier name
Hardly notable in the list, of objects they’re maintaining
They won’t change it, though, it’s astronomy’s fatal blow…
Wins them the award, for worst school-board of naming
Each discipline should have a marketing team
Or at least advice about communication
But they already have to compete for their budget
Winning money, would become their main vocation
Eye of a Hawking, hide the equations
Show me the money, for stock elevation
Whoever saw black holes radiate —
Then totally, ahem, evaporate?
And their goal should be fixed
To find out what actually exists
I’ve no mind for imaginary or virtual
And there’s no time, to remodel our world