two dads
not the gay kind
that
might have been
an improvement
would have been
one dad, then a divorce
then another dad
other numbers in play – all relevant
the result is always the same
seems like simple math
sometimes it helps to think
a clever theorem was at work
add them together
maybe you get 3.1415923
pi is mysterious and magical – also irrational
but the real equation was worse.
use the subtraction symbol
or division
or both. (1 + 1) / (1 – 1)
you do the math
all dads try their best
I get that now
God knows I try
my best. and to get it
math was never my strong suit
one – the original
physically absent
but worse.
when present… not
the whole – is not always greater than the sum of its parts.
two – the replacement.
addition?
ever-present
far. too. present.
north poles of our magnets – repelling
no matter how many times
I fill the spreadsheet cells
with the correct data
the result. is always. an error.
defying atrophy 