As by the dead we love to sit, Become so wondrous dear — As for the lost we grapple Tho’ all the rest are here — In broken mathematics Estimate our prize Vast — in its fading ratio To our penurious eyes!

Emily Dickinson 的 Broken Mathematics，蹲坐在死者旁邊計算的 Fading ratio.

在 dead tired 的一天之後，堅持且不感覺痛苦的各種學習讓我對自己感到滿意。但覺得哪裡怪怪的，消逝的分母，一天比一天接近的死亡，你會怎麼決定那個分子？