Analysis of Mathematics

Lawrence S. Pertillar 1947 (Connecticut)



It seems to have been,
A miscalculated...
Teaching of a taught practice.
To pick on those perceived down and out.
Done to further kick around.
With a taunting as if to enjoy.

However...
Time and the weather,
Are such unpredictable occurrences.
Making planned activities and events,
Observed to witness them change.
In a direction not to expect,
The sudden effectiveness.
Unable to prevent them to come.

Then it happens.
A returning back the taste.
Of what had been served to initiate.
Bitter.

Leaving the ones accustomed,
To being kicked around...
Looking up and not down.
Upon their adversaries.
Not at all.
Only walking tall to ignore,
Those on the ground and surrounded...
By their own humiliation.
Denying to declare themselves to be,
Victims.

'It doesn't add up.
How is it possible,
You can say to claim being victimized?
When it has been obvious,
To make it known.
And by you.
A doing to instigate and participated,
In your own downfall?
Had been the best choice to make.
What explanation,
Can you possibly give...
To believe acceptable?!
For such a devastating mistake.'

'Well...
I was led to believe and told,
I needed algebra as a pre-requisite.
And mathematics like history,
Was pointless to my quality of life.'

'Incredible are these excuses today made.
And this...
You continue to believe?'

'Of course I do.
Wouldn't you?
If that's all you knew to know?'

'Me?
I can not answer that.
I had been told I was a fool.
Until one day it dawned on me,
I had to prove to myself...
How many options and opportunities,
Were offered and easily obtained...
For fools like me.
And...
You know what I discovered?'

'The more I adventured,
To endeavor that effort...
To prove I was a fool?
There was no one I could convince,
I would actually admit being that stupid!
So I then began to spend my time,
Using my own mind.'

'And...
Then,
What did you find?'

'Nothing is blissful,
About an ignorance to stay...
Faithful and committed to it.
And that I learned from observation!
Along with who accepted and approved,
My stupidity to their advantage.'

'So...
What are you saying?'

'Learn how to both add and subtract.
With a doing to know,
What to use for you is more beneficial!
Since these days,
One must be prepared for reality.
And the many ways that is interpreted.'

'But...
What about being normal?'

'Normal?
What does that mean and where is it at?
Stick with mathematics.
I guarantee you will have better results.
Up is up and down is down.
North is not South.
Neither is East the West!
And a Rose is a Rose is a Rose.'


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Poetic Form
Metre 11111 00100 1010110 111101101 1110101 101011101 10 10010 1101000100 1010100001 0111011 000101101 0100100 010101111 1110 0010101 111111010 10 1001010 110101 101011 011100 111 10101101 11010010 1110010 0101010111 10 11011 111100 1111110100 1111100 1111 011 01011000100 0111 1101111 1010 111001 1010100 11010001 1 11110101 110100101100 00101100 1101110011 010011010011 01 1010101 1111 101 1111111 1 111101 11111101 01111111 111111 1101000100 010010001 1111 0 1111010 0111 1010110 111101 11111101 111000110110 111011111 10111 0 1 1111 10110 01110011 10001011 01111010 0111010001 1010011010 1 11110 11111001 101011 1111111010 111 11101110 00101110100 1 1011010 10 111101111 11010 1011111001 1110111 1111 101101 001101101
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 2,539
Words 559
Sentences 75
Stanzas 16
Stanza Lengths 6, 8, 4, 10, 13, 5, 3, 3, 10, 7, 3, 6, 2, 6, 2, 8
Lines Amount 96
Letters per line (avg) 20
Words per line (avg) 5
Letters per stanza (avg) 120
Words per stanza (avg) 28
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Submitted by lpahtillah on March 10, 2022

Modified on March 05, 2023

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