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What I found at Infinity by ~Arbulus-Menziesii:iconArbulus-Menziesii:

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I saw many curious things when I arrived at infinity -
    I stood at the edge of existence and looked back at everything;
    I grazed in the field where every graph ends;
    I stood at the bottom of a fractal and pricked my finger on the barbs;
    I met the last digit of pi
        a friendly sort, if a bit shy
            his only friends finish e and phi;
    I nearly fell off the Cartesian plane, but caught myself on the end of time;
    I read the complete history of existence.
    I met the largest number and the smallest - and couldn't tell them apart;
    I found the answers to every undefined equation;
    I learned from infinite wisdom and meditated with infinite patience -
But infinity is a curious place, and I would rather stay somewhere a bit more rational, even though
    It's a long walk back.
©2006-2009 ~Arbulus-Menziesii
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An account of an impossible trip to a very interesting destination.
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~pigglywiggly5000:iconpigglywiggly5000: Sep 20, 2006, 5:05:44 PM
Nice. You have potentual to become and actual artsy type.

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a mysterious link
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:abduction:
~Arbulus-Menziesii:iconArbulus-Menziesii: Sep 20, 2006, 7:32:38 PM
Thank you.

Wait.

Thank you?

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English doesn't borrow from other languages. It follows them down dark allies, knocks them over, and goes through their pockets for loose grammar.
~Nebelstreif:iconNebelstreif: Jan 21, 2007, 6:12:16 PM
Haha, what a funny and odd and original way of using mathematical entities in a poem! This is what M.C. Escher would have written if he had been a poet :] The lines/ideas I like best are the largest and the smallest number being indistinguishable, the pun of rational in its mathematical meaning as well as an antonym to curious, and - after that long penultimate line - the short conclusion. "A long way back" that really sums up the reverse perspective from infinity to here ;]

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A wanderer in darkness, waiting for the misty morning fog :blackrose:
Like my poetry? Check out my photography at ~Ratafluke
~Arbulus-Menziesii:iconArbulus-Menziesii: Jan 21, 2007, 8:39:01 PM
Wow, thanks! Comparing me to M.C. Escher is just about the highest praise I've ever earned. I don't know how meritorious my work actually is, but I appreciate your comment.

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English doesn't borrow from other languages. It follows them down dark allies, knocks them over, and goes through their pockets for loose grammar.
~Nebelstreif:iconNebelstreif: Feb 6, 2007, 9:08:58 PM
It's this kind of surreality, describing/drawing things that are impossible for real, but follow their own at first view realistic logic. You're welcome :]

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A wanderer in darkness, waiting for the misty morning fog :blackrose:
Like my poetry? Check out my photography at ~Ratafluke
=actionthisday:iconactionthisday: Feb 22, 2007, 12:14:08 PM
Very weird, this. Oddly enough, if you reached infinity, you walked a circular path on a straight line. Hope the journey was good ;)

Nice poem! :D

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A foodie and his money are soon parted :cries:
~Arbulus-Menziesii:iconArbulus-Menziesii: Feb 22, 2007, 4:16:36 PM
Heh, thank you. How did you find this poem, if you don't mind my asking?

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English doesn't borrow from other languages. It follows them down dark allies, knocks them over, and goes through their pockets for loose grammar.
=actionthisday:iconactionthisday: Feb 23, 2007, 11:52:07 AM
I liked the poem for it's abstractness and open style. Guess it could've had a better ending, but that's just me, I s'pose.. :)

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A foodie and his money are soon parted :cries:
~Arbulus-Menziesii:iconArbulus-Menziesii: Feb 23, 2007, 4:06:38 PM
Ha, I suppose I could have been more clear - what I meant to ask was, how did you come across the poem?

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English doesn't borrow from other languages. It follows them down dark allies, knocks them over, and goes through their pockets for loose grammar.
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