Mad Maths

• Christof Bieri, Grade 6
• Poetry
• 2019

My teachers say A + B equals C but on my test I got a D
Numbers make me feel UNREAL so when I use them every day it’s so SURREAL
I know 1 + 1 is 2 and 2 +2 is 4
But what about 9999 times 5555?
If you know that……Well you’re getting TOO real!
OK… SO WE’RE JUST GETTING STARTED
MULTIPLICATION is not EASY BREEZY
If it was it would be supercalifragilisticexpialidocious
What about DIVISION?
Division makes me DIZZY and I feel like a SISSY
coz sometimes when I STUMBLE I MMMMMMMUMBLE
Ok then there’s FRACTIONS. Well there’s NO ATTRACTION.
It’s NOT FAIR………I’d RATHER DO MY HAIR!
BUT then there’s CHANCE. It makes me wanna do a DANCE
When I think of the ROMANCE
WILL SHE??? YES – NO – MAYBE?
I hope CERTAINLY!