Apr24Poetry: Fun with Numbers

I'm trying something new, taking a risk this month - participating in
#VerseLove with Sarah Donovan,
hoping to write poetry every day this April.







Today's poetry inspiration is to work mathematics into your writing. We were challenged to write down important numbers and see what jumped out, what spoke to us. I had a little fun with this:

Our Math Story: Fun with Numbers

12 of 13 + 2

meets

3 of 5 + 2

and decide to

add

together.

Which means,

in 1988,

(12 of 13 + 2) + (3 of 5 + 2) = 1

I think

2 as 1

while

simultaneously

1 that respects 2

is the hardest math of all.

In time,

this 1,

these 2,

added 3,

making 5.

After 25 years go by,

the numbers

begin to go down

because

1 of 3 splits off

and adds 1

and another

1,

and

2 of 3 splits off,

and

3 of 3 splits off,

with

2 as 1

remaining.

2 wonder if/when

2 of 3 and 3 of 3

will dare to add 1,

but realize

it is 0 of 2’s business.

So, long story short,

we 2 are 1,

together.