This is a revision of something I scribbled in 2008 while proctoring a two-hour advanced mathematics final exam.
Mathematically Impossible
- Even if you examine the remainder
- in a question of division,
- when multiplying rational roots,
- some results remain irrational.
- examining all possible angles,
- following parallel points and lines,
- certain answers refuse to equate.
- all functions become dysfunctional;
- when greater becomes less than,
- all probabilities lose their possibilities.
- follow neither logic nor formula,
- and there can be no correction
- for this subtraction.
- having double-checked the evidence,
- it remains forever indefinite
- why she's your x
- and not your infinite one.
OK, OK, just so you don't think I was being cheesy or sentimental that day, I also wrote this (as you can imagine, proctoring an exam can be quite boring):
Snot Good
The boy sniffling a lot,
Blowing into tissue a lot,
Looking and sounding like he's about to die
a lot,
Isn't wearing socks.
4 comments:
That's repulsive. Also, the poetry seems a little forced.
Though, I do love the play of words on x and y. I was thinking of doing something similar but I guess I'll have to think of something else now.
Thanks for the feedback. Yes, the poetry is forced. But that's almost the point, trying to force mathematical terms into a love poem (in 25 minutes). Good luck with your writing -- hope other people don't steal all of your good ideas.
super gooood ! :)and the first poem was alright too i guess :P
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