Men of learning
measure time with stationary
stars as giant caliper legs
to lie about the Easter date.
My gut yearning
for truths which February
paints in tiny calendar eggs
to hide and seek a heathen faith.
Sylvia Wenmackers is a Belgian philosopher of science. In addition to academic articles on infinitesimal probabilities and paradoxes, she writes a monthly column for a popular science magazine. She has published two trade books and a flash science fiction story in Nature Futures. Her handle in the fediverse is @SylviaFysica@scholar.social.
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- Lunar almanac - 19th February 2023