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Contemplating Infinity
When I was just nine...
my father told me
the definition... of
infinity.
"It goes on forever,"
That's what Daddy said.
And I gotta tell ya... that
messed with my head.
I tried to figure it out... and
struggled to think it through,
but I'd never before encountered
something I couldn't... even... imagine.
I still can't see it... but apparently
maths and science still can't agree
On the nature of...
freak-me-out... In-fi-ni-ty.
my father told me
the definition... of
infinity.
"It goes on forever,"
That's what Daddy said.
And I gotta tell ya... that
messed with my head.
I tried to figure it out... and
struggled to think it through,
but I'd never before encountered
something I couldn't... even... imagine.
I still can't see it... but apparently
maths and science still can't agree
On the nature of...
freak-me-out... In-fi-ni-ty.
Published 12th Jun 2018
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12th Jun 2018 8:34pm
12th Jun 2018 9:09pm
Good thing to give to a child. I don't think our mind, at least not the analytical one, is made to grasp that concept. It's more to be found in the spiritual realms.
12th Jun 2018 10:17pm
12th Jun 2018 10:37pm
I've often thought that infinity could
only be grasped by a child, for whom life
and self appear endless.
although of course I was doubtless
a strange kid ..
only be grasped by a child, for whom life
and self appear endless.
although of course I was doubtless
a strange kid ..
12th Jun 2018 11:43pm
Shoot... if it weren't for misfits I would have had many fewer friends...never did fit into the "mold"
Mayhap it's our strangeness as gives us access to those places inside
where poems take root.
Mayhap it's our strangeness as gives us access to those places inside
where poems take root.
13th Jun 2018 3:44am
13th Jun 2018 3:54am
