Symmetry is a myth

There are no straight lines in the universe

“Symmetry is what we see at a glance; based on the fact
that there is no reason for any difference.”
–Blaise Pascal

There are no straight lines in the universe.
Not in the curl of a wave,
Not in the arch of a spine,
Not in the path of a thought,
We dream them into being.

Symmetry is a myth.

Symmetry is a mind’s shorthand for perfection,
An abstraction, a mathema…