2 + 2 = 5? ~~~

so you ask me to play
  the number game with
                            you.
                            it'll
                           be
    reciprocal, you say,
   with an
  irrational
  glint in
   your eyes. should i let  
     myself become numb,

           

             and
           number,
             and
             slide
along the asymptote of
ignorant bliss? you don't
            need
             the
           answer
             right



   away. after all, the
half-life is long and we'll
                            have
                           plenty
                         of bases
                      to cover.
          from binary to
        hexadecimal.
     we've
  beaten
   the odds, but even that,
    nothing comes out even.
     nothing seems to add up.





you have the freedom to say
that two plus two makes four,


but do you have the freedom
to say two plus two makes five?






   uncertainty comes full circle. how
  fast does the area of doubt
increase
with
respect
  to time?
  haha, you laugh, can't know
  the momentum and the position
                         simultaneously.
                          at least there's
                       enough resistance
                  for us to approach a
     terminal velocity. so we don't
   hurtle through space forever.
although that does have an





                  eerie appeal to it.
            so i try to           reduce the
         two-body                 problem down
       to a one-                      body problem
     in order to                      solve it exactly.
                                        but as i work on
                                      it, more variables
                                     keep surfacing.
                                 then i can't solve
                             it exactly anymore.
                           it becomes an
                       N-body problem
                        where N is  
                     greater than 2.
                     all semblance
                     of symmetry
                     breaks down.
                     but who cares
                        about

  
                    symmetry, you
                  say. Asymmetry is
                  so much more fun.
                   especially out of
                    context. hmm.





                 what
             an out-
         of-phase    
       concept.
         needs  
           some
             filtering.       
               turn up the                 
                      frequency
                               while      
                             you're          
                           at it.      
                   let them
            all oscillate
               in sync.
                  time to
                    get numb
                 and number
              and slide
           along the
               asymptote
                  of ignorant bliss.