Bondieuserie

Theodor von Holst, The Wish (1840)

"Philosophy consists mostly of kicking up a lot of dust and then complaining that you can't see anything."

—Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz (attrib., n.d.)

The monads are in harmony,

Godfrey William* philosophizes.

What say of the muon? Who he??

—A sibling of the electron?

What purpose does this realize?

(And why the @#&! do particles

Always show up in sets of three?)

It's time to move on . . . perpetually.

Where now is still then left to go?

That love of deity transmutes

In a wink into homicide,

Romantic history makes plain.

Here we sit, bondieuserie†

Galore. God aid the ever-loving brain!

*Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz (1646–1716), his name anglicized (cf. my novel Isacq).

†Religious tshatshkes; from French bon Dieu = dear God (https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bondieuserie).

Friday, June 27, 2025