Math (for Adam)

Whole numbers,
Fractions,
Integrals,
"The area under my curve."

Divide by X,
Carry the one,
Drop your zero,
"Erase it; that's wrong."

Add and subtract,
Find and solve,
Multiply and divide,
"What's the factor of X?"

I sigh, yearning for my literature.


(fall, 2006)