Fermat's Last Theorem

Has been stated twice today,

Both times in unlikely places

First it served as an example

For formatting theorems

In the LaTeX document preparation manual

I didn't read that section

And only noticed the example at all

Because it was right above a section I did read

Now it has popped up, misstated and out of context

In the Star Trek: The Next Generation Companion

At the end of the comments about an episode (The Royale)

I got the Companion two days ago at the UCSD bookstore

While searching for something else (Moonheart) --

This is the first time I'd seen one

Though not thinking of it at the time,

That evening I would finally be capturing

The last TNG episode that I needed to retape

This would give me all of the episodes in good shape,

Completing a project that had spanned the last couple of years

And had dragged out for months for the final few episodes

                             * * *

During a drive sandwiched between the theorem bookends

I saw two plates containing BABY within two minutes:

BABYL MA and TBABY 7