The Parentheses

Parentheses are the ultimate embodiment of the and/or.  They group together those that are inside them, and simultaneously separate them from those on the outside. And they do this in the world of numbers and words.  Our bodies, our skins, are parentheses, separating our organs and ourselves from others, separating each living thing from every other living thing. And maybe cell membranes serve this function as well, separating that on the inside from that which is outside it.   But it seems like parentheses, like the "and" and the "or", underlie everything.  Like the "and" and the "or", they underlie all reality.  And as the perfect fusion of the "and" and the "or", parentheses are God.

Borders are holy.