Pi

Sing a Song of Sixpence

Sing a song of sixpence, a pocket full of rye. Four and twenty blackbirds, baked in a pie.

When the pie was opened, the birds began to sing. Wasn't that a dainty dish to set before the king?

The king was in his counting house, counting out his money. The queen was in the parlour, eating bread and honey.

The maid was in the garden, hanging out the clothes, When down came a blackbird and pecked off her nose!

The queen was in the studio eating bread and 'honey', while the King was in his counting house counting out his 'priceless junk'! Inspired by four and twenty 'blackbirds' (and of course her honey sand witch), she saw a vision of 'A Sea of Honey' and 'A Sky of Honey'! She was so excited, she made a dainty dish called 'Pi' and set this before 'Bertie', the 'King on top of the Mountain'. Meanwhile, 'Mrs Bartolozzi' was in the garden hanging out the clean laundry, when down came a blackbird and pinched the keyhole! The blackbird left behind a book on 'how to be invisible', but it was written in avian cipher, and took 12 years for Kate and 'Joanni' to decode! She set the translation to music on 'Aerial Tal' (though of course she sings it in cipher, much to the delight of Bertie!). 'Aerial' was released on 31-4-1592 and when everyone opened their Aerial Pie, the birds began to laugh and we all joined in! Kate celebrated with a double rye whiskey, which had been distilling for exactly 3.141592 years!

Immediately, people hit on the idea that Pi contained far more than just four and twenty clocked blackbirds. They baked up conspiracy theories about steam trains and tarot cards. Was Kate really a golden dawn railway child or was she into the Qabbala? Geeks spent their spare time and loose change trying to become panoramic. Surely the answer must be somewhere in between sunset and nocturn? Or between 4 a.m. and 4 p.m.? Or perhaps it was all one big Architect's Dream, hidden under a veil of diamond dust, and as elusive as the Freemason's 'The Great Architect of the Universe'...