my dram from thursaday
I dempt this then woke up and wrote it out
A dream; or the mathematical formula to the measure of a man.
Last night I dreamt; now today I dream,
of a formula engraved in my mind for all eternity.
It is for the measure of a man; were he equals,
his achievements and correction of mistakes
over those mistakes plus one, and all to the exponent of his legacy.
or Msubman = ((A + c)/(1+ m))^L...please, stay with me.
I understand its not very clear,
and you must forgive me if it’s not fully worked out;
as I can only remember as much as the dream would let me see,
Of that chalk covered blackboard in a room o, so very hazy.
That last verse was painful to hear; maybe Milton was right about rhyme,
being the lowest mechanic of poem, so lets dispense of it for then now.
- talk about achievements being the goal in life creating pleasure though fulfillment and creating good legacy. But is it all just achievements? Going from one to the next creates no whole purpose. Is survival the achievement though life and good legacy the achievement after death?
Is survival an achievement with out happiness? - others happiness maybe? Balanced with survival?
- mistakes being all wrong and created out of misguidedness (+1 so that man is always punished for mistakes because although you gain good out of mistakes, to purely benefit from them would make you loss the sense that it was wrong; and thus the gain from the mistake making it solly negative; does this mean repition of mistakes is truly bad and not misguided?
- correction of mistakes arguallably being achievements which is why it went from A * c to A + c, though correction of mistakes maybe greater and harder and thus worth more?
- legacy it is what every man wants, to survive and then to trick death but legacy isn’t really what they want, its to be remembered well; good legacy, but legacy is just a carrier of mans deeds, and thus the man, into the future and is impartial. Legacy is an exponent because it can make a really good man look really good or a bad man look really bad.
- is man his deeds? Look at what you just said on legacy. History changes men, does society influence men, why isn’t this in your formula?
- maybe have the forumla change depending on the outcome of each topic for style: remember original was M = (Ac/m)^L
Now having writing this I sit, half tongue in cheek
and think; am I a genius or just up to late on caffeine.
Or maybe, just maybe, I am rather mad,
and this formula has sense of beauty,
in creating a system that would make life all to easy.