The Polymath Jason Lee Norman
Now that I am dead, my god will fight your god. I hope that I will
remember this moment, right before our gods fight each other. I hope I
remember which one to cheer for when they begin to wrestle, Greco-Roman
style, on the collection of blue gym mats that appears in front of my
dead body. My god is wearing a red wrestling suit and your god is
wearing a navy blue wrestling suit. They both have gold trim. Your god
has a scar over his left eye. It looks like he has three eyebrows. I
think that there is a rule in effect that says the first god to pin the
other god three times will be the winner and the winner will get to
take me wherever they please. The winner can even use my soul as an
ashtray if he wants to.
Jason Lee Norman lives in Edmonton, Alberta. "The Polymath" first appeared as "A Perfect Circle" in Crispin
Best's blogzine, For Every Year. It was inspired by theories of the sixteenth century mathematician, Nicolas of Cusa.
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Detail of collage on main page courtesy
of C. Robert Miller.
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