A Set of Measure Zero

One step on the quest

From circle to square,

Almost all the space

Accounted for, yet

There was a zero

Set, invisible,

Immeasurable,

Somehow in the math—

It’s gone now. The new

Solution doesn’t

Have this ugly set

Of zero. Oh, you,

Ugly set, useful

For a little while,

You wanderer, you

Decomposition

Fragment, bland, exact,

You little zero

Area in math!

You’re missed already

By those among us

Who value ugly

Steps on the staircase

To Heaven’s surprise.