I have no faith, but I do believe in mass–energy equivalence I light its candle say its prayer press my head against its Western Wall
because there is something holy about an equation its insistence on fairness on symmetry on equal distribution
so when I consider after-life when my spirit is cleaved from its form
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it gives me comfort to think: if the constant is not me it is, at least, the square of the speed of light
that all parts are accounted for
and when I forget who I am and when I forget thee and you forget me when the currents of our bodies halt when the oceans rest in their beds and the great winds give way to calm
then let us believe the product of our lives is greater than the sum of us
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