Sir Carl Sagan Dismembers Sir Rene Descartes

On the Field of Ontological Non-Space/Time

This thought started like the Big Bang, something from nothing,
But here’s the point: infinitesimal, in fact without lengthhightbreadthordepth,
A mathematical point of no dimension.
With this, Carl Sagan cut the legs from under Rene Descartes,
Whose understanding was limited to a two-dimensional triangle.
“Doesn’t seem fair,” Descartes said in his native French,
“This getting cut off from my legs by using dimensions I cannot imagine.
And, mon Dieu, I was only trying to prove the existence of God, by definition.”
And so, a thought isn’t a thought until it forms—from what?
Much like Rene, I cannot define a thought by thinking about it.
We only know the thought from inside, like that universe point which encases all that we
can know, you know, galaxies, stars, people, thoughts.
Thoughts? Visitations from other dimensions, vehicles for explorations beyond the
boundaries of the knowable?
“Absurd, by definition,” cries Descartes, and I gotta say I’m feeling some real warmth for
the guy now, both of us legless and all.
On a wild guess, I toss this out:
Listen Rene, if definitions didn’t work to prove your God, then how about redefining?
Let’s call God whatever it was on both sides of that Big Bang point, inside and out.
And as another wild leap, let’s say maybe that’s the same as a thought.
I don’t know about Carl or Rene,
But I think God would be a good thought.