π

To get to the bottom

of a page titled

“One million Digits of Pi” you have to

continually scroll for five minutes.

You have to get your friend to take

over your duties scrolling down the page

as you nurse your cramped hand,

aching with the repetitive motion of

down and down

as you scroll.

Your friend doubts you’ll ever reach the bottom.

He says that there’s no way to beat it,

that you’ll be stuck there scrolling

forever.

But finally you reach the bottom,

and you cheer

and your friend sits there stunned into silence.

Who says you couldn’t get to the bottom?

No one now.

Pi is the numerical value of the ratio

of the circumference

of a circle

to its diameter.

Pi is a mathematical constant;

a special number,

usually a real number, that is

"significantly interesting in some way"

Pi goes on forever

and ever,

a never ending repeat of numbers

and numbers

and numbers

and numbers.

Maybe pi is interesting because it applies to real life.

Our life goes on,

and on,

and on,

and on.

Life is never ending.

And history always just ends up

repeating itself.