picious of any story that invokes the "elements", as if by way of
some pathetic fallacy, to shore up its caissons for what must be, in any
case, already underwater when it sets to its "work on foundations" (WOF).
But then I remembered that a topology is just a collection of sets that
are called "open" by stipulation -- or "shut", if you force the case --
and so this interval of reflection has restored my equanimity about it.

And yes, I will go with this e-notion,
And let the chips fall where they may,
For 