Maths

“4 out of 3 people
struggle with maths”

On our first
date you wore
a little black

number. Gorgeous! I
could see you
were the one

for me. I
foresaw four, maybe
three, kids and

was primed – ready
to go forth
and multiply, with

you. Good times.
But you introduced
a third party

into the equation,
so how could
I count on

you? You were
two-timing me!
A deep division

set in. I
calculated the pros
and cons of

our partnership. All
things being unequal
I struggled with

the maths. Sum
things just won’t
add up, darling.



(National Poetry Day tomorrow, 03/10/24.
The theme is Counting so I'm giving my poem
'Maths' another outing. I used it on Blipfoto
almost 26 months ago, if anyone is counting).