Do you wonder why we celebrate pi?
Why, we wouldn’t have Giza’s Pyramid
without it. Solomon’s temple’s pool lies
in a circle. π? Aye! History’s rid
of “Archimedes’ constant” if the meek
Greek can’t record his great algorithm.
Poet Dante employs pi as he seeks
Paradise through Hell (I know that sounds grim),
some scholars wist. Mostly, you need to know
this: Math geeks proclaim π is infinite
and shows you can’t square circles. (So it goes,
Vonnegut would say.) Now, please don’t feel spite
to learn π’s irrational. Some assure
it’s transcendental. (I say, go figure.)
Roger Armbrust
March 14, 2015
