Where mathematics meets God,
where the cacophony of every human voice is harnessed
into an ordered and purposeful whole —
that’s where you reside. Yet
how unlikely, how perverse even,
that your name should sound like someone
clearing his throat,
preparing to expectorate in a most unmelodic way.
This week, many of us will enjoy a day off from work, as well as the occasion to pay reverent homage to someone we’ve been taught is a genuine hero: brave, courageous, and diligent, a man whose singular accomplishments made life for all us holiday takers possible.
Grand parades will proceed down festive avenues, and schoolkids will be reminded once again of the glorious events of 1492. A small minority of party-poopers will put their…
Writer, poet, artist, improviser, lyricist, former television personality, and generally decent person.
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