Tuesday, November 30, 2010

Day 30: Lesson Learned (The End)

Denominator

"First, you must simplify your radicals.”
(Mr. K., teacher of math, overheard while
walking the morning halls of a high school)

The square root of forever is not now
and cannot be simplified. Loss is a
common denominator, but so is joy.

If love is to be cubed it must settle
for a fraction of its worth until the
time comes that it approaches infinity:

There, even parallel lines come so close
as to touch, or the already close are made
to somehow split apart or even cross.

The part that remains below the line
is not crushed but divided by. Roots
are made to be found not obliterated.

Let us not free our radicals too soon,
or over-simplify them. After all, every
atom belonging to you once belonged to me.

Let balance be our standard.
Let what is common stand as foundation.
Let a bird on the wing be our radical sign.


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2 comments:

  1. This is wonderful...what a perfect way to end the challenge.

    I especially love:
    Let us not free our radicals too soon,
    or over-simplify them. After all, every
    atom belonging to you once belonged to me.

    Well done, and congrats on finishing this. Now...to revise & choose what to send off. :)

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  2. The Whitman reference is lovely, here. While I'm a little disappointed in myself for not toughing this challenge out, I'm thrilled you did.

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