A Grin Without a Cat

Zero to the thousandth power logic on the run Oblongata left in pieces nothing zero-sum Squaring the root unto itself Euclid at the cliff A equals B as B disappears the quotient nondescript Hickory Dickory’s mouse on the run though nimble Jack gets burned Formulas crumbling as integers balk what’s ‘given’ mocked and spurned Zero to the thousandth power reason clones its fear Classical thought—not selling or bought Pythagorean tears (36th & Chestnut Sts: September, 2023)