When doing the math,
some oddities aren’t even.
Things might not add up
in spite of calculations
on fingers or phones.
When trying over again,
you’ll find differences
multiplying your problems
while seeking quotients
produces new divisions
totaling your sums.
Perhaps you must decide this:
should you do the math?

Ken Gosse prefers writing short, rhyming, humorous poetry. First published in First Literary Review–East in November 2016, he has also been published by Pure Slush, Home Planet News Online, 50Word Stories, and other publications. Raised in the Chicago suburbs, now retired, he and his wife have lived with dogs and cats underfoot in Mesa, AZ, over twenty-five years.