He offered
Me
All the secrets of the world
And being more
Or less ambitious
I went for a few secrets
Not of this world
This poem is a tip of the hat to a famous Thomas Aquinas quote: “The slenderest knowledge that may be obtained of the highest things is more desirable than the most certain knowledge of lesser things.” 
Certainly, knowing how things work in the world of certainty — or, at least, high probability — is very useful in navigating this world. No cents getting burned in a wring of fire. Still, the world of possibility, of may be, is where the heights of humanity are scaled. There is a certain infinity in pi that boggles the mind. There is a particular immeasurably to the census of a delectable pie. There is abounding freedom in a life taunted by a pie ever-growing in size. To gain the world and lose your soul is perhaps the gravest deal ever afforded our priceless lives. Awe that I am saying, just, know deal.
