REINCARNATION

Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen!
I won't keep you in here all night
The experts have said people live more than once
My research has proven they're right!

As you can see, I've brought my work with me
Please pardon the mess of it all
I hadn't assumed I would need all this chalk
Or that my computers would stall

I'll need to keep working here while I speak
It's all number crunching by now
We'll soon catch a glimpse of the greatest of views
That nature and science allow!

The general premise behind my work
Is that human bodies have souls
I've verified this much through numerous tests
With experimental controls

I've also established that souls live on
Long after their host bodies die
The overall number of souls remains fixed
While bodies themselves multiply

There haven't been new souls in quite some time
It's unclear exactly since when
But certain that souls move from host to new host
I've witnessed it time and again!

A soul joins each body from birth to death
For one human life they're a pair
That soul will then find an unoccupied host
Regardless of who, when, or where

My theories on space-time come into play
The previous models are wrong
I'll get to those details when we have more time
For now let's keep moving along

This current equation concerns our souls
Their number to be more precise
I'm trying to pinpoint how many there are
It's crashed my computers now twice!

Throughout the existence of humankind
Including all future and past
A countable number of lives will occur
That number is certainly vast

But then there's this question regarding souls
Their number's decidedly less
I'm starting to come to the answer at last!
Again, please excuse this whole mess

I'm closing in, ladies and gentlemen!
In moments my work will be done!
If these calculations are all accurate...
The number of souls is just one