You are blinded by
what you choose not to see
so blinded by it
that you will never be free
I see it inside you
waiting for its chance
to break through the
monotony of your forced dance
But you refuse to
pull back the black curtain
and shed light on
what I know is quite certain.
Let’s not argue,
but agree to disagree
because your roller coaster
is too many hills high for me.
Who says that math has no emotion
that it is a logical, rational subject?
No one who really thinks
about what numbers mean,
like the ones I have tumbling
around in my mind today
on imaginary dice,
can say that math is void of feeling.
8 miles on my bike
with 2 little girls behind me
seems to make me so proud that
I want to write
but then I hear
38 million cut from our school district
as opposed to last week’s 35
1 furlough day coming our way
but nothing can compare to the number
500,000, which may seem small
next to 38 mil, but so large
when we hear it is lives lost
in 2 days, swallowed by the earth
in a country that is already
at the peak of poverty
When I add up my numbers it makes
38,500,011
and it is heavier
than any words in any other subject.
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