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It was his sixtieth birthday
“How do I celebrate thee? Let me count the ways.”
“How do I celebrate thee? Let me count the ways.”
He could be true to his age:
upright and respectable
Or he could be
two 30-year olds:
two 30-year olds:
mirrored images
of each other
Or three 20-year olds:
all drunk yet
of each other
Or three 20-year olds:
all drunk yet
capable of texting,
facebooking and
instgraming
I could be
any of four 15-year olds:
I could be
any of four 15-year olds:
loud, proper,
cerebral or athletic
Or five 12-year olds:
all wrestling with puberty
...
Imagine me as thirty
2-year olds crawling
across the floor
with loaded Pampers
...
...
Imagine me as thirty
2-year olds crawling
across the floor
with loaded Pampers
...
But before the celebration began,
the birthday boy fell asleep.
the birthday boy fell asleep.
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Footnote
THE MATHEMATICIAN SAT WITH THE FACTORS
is the copyrighted property of LCSoL
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