Since I was a boy I was skilled with mathematics.
I was no prodigy but I was capable of factoring certain complex polynomials
or solving chess problems
and my mother would take me to the grocery store with her
because I was faster than a calculator.
Often people have expected me to find success,
reasoning that my talents would lead me to a comfortable life,
but once my love said to me “I am going to have a baby”
and I noticed she did not say “We”
and then I asked when the child would be born
and after that I never wanted to do math again.
I was no prodigy but I was capable of factoring certain complex polynomials
or solving chess problems
and my mother would take me to the grocery store with her
because I was faster than a calculator.
Often people have expected me to find success,
reasoning that my talents would lead me to a comfortable life,
but once my love said to me “I am going to have a baby”
and I noticed she did not say “We”
and then I asked when the child would be born
and after that I never wanted to do math again.
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