Happy Pi Day

we’re supposed

to say

this 14th day

of March.

In celebration

of the aspiration 

of the calculation

of the ratio

of a circle’s

circumference

to its diameter,

pies 

are everywhere

today.

Greater than

3

indefinitely,

presumably

to infinity,

3.14……

opens the door

to conversation,

inspiration,

and innovation.

We tend 

to measure

progress

as success

in linear

fashion.

Rational

thinking

suggests

it’s best

to proceed

toward

a finite

result.

Oh the tumult

of the irrational,

never

ending

chaos.

Still there

is sequencing

in the frequenting

of disruption

and corruption.

It’s the infinite

expansion,

however

inexpressible,

that we try

to make

accessible.

With Pi

we use

a decimal

to approach

the approachable;

In politics,

so fractious,

the fractions

are reproachable.

Whether measuring

circular motion,

waves,

aerodynamics,

or computer 

graphics,

Pi 

is ubiquitous

and thus

we observe

3.14

that measures

the curve—

the irrational

number

forever

repeating.

By the way,

a fun fact

for today:

Happy Birthday,

Albert Einstein,

whose calculus

taught us

relative

perspective.

Or did it?