Thirty-Six Views of the Milky Way

“ . . . scientists…estimate that there are a minimum of thirty-six communicating intelligent alien civilizations in the Milky Way galaxy.” —CBS News, 2020 Thirty-six is the number I forgot. I doubt I’d be able to tell you if thirty-six people showed up to a potluck, & I don’t know what’s thirty-six miles from where I was born except one Great Lake & so much asparagus. If I had to send a chain letter to thirty-six people, I wouldn’t know enough addresses by heart. Thirty-six is the atomic number of krypton. There are thirty-six inches in a yard, & thirty-six