The Grapes of Math

# tom joad’s leaving — coded

earth = "dust"

night = "wide"

tom = {"name": "Joad", "seen": "too_much"}

promise = lambda world: "I’ll_be_there"

for sorrow in ["hunger", "fear", "loss"]:

    heart = "burning"

    justice = "unfinished"

spirit = [

    promise("wherever folks are fighting"),

    promise("wherever eyes look for hope")

]

road = "open"

future = "unwritten"

ending = f"tom dissolves into the code of the people"