Imaginary Numbers in a Real Garden

Given: one bold mathematician.

Uncertain of his own position.

he drew two lines and at their joint.

where angels danced, he made his •.

Then reached into the void and caught

the faceless essence of the 0,

and taught us not to fear ∞,

but worship his serene divinity,

whose sacraments at first seem pale;

yet if men hunger for a Grail,

they still may seek, beyond the sun,

the rare √-1.