x of x

math does a great service
as it commits a great crime
logic in thin air
demands no act of contrition
nothing happens at these altitudes
right? confirmed by proof
the shape of this division
lengthier than its ratio
to the rest of the population
one is only a number
a billion only one
forget, then that reality
might be measured so many ways
to make the measure of a thing
equivalent to nothing
even when it all adds up