Category: free verse
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the math of us
there used to be fourthat’s how most families beginfour peoplesharing one roofone tableone stubborn historyand no one tells youthat fouris just a temporary numbera seasona brief agreementbefore the worldstarts doing its subtractionbecause timedoesn’t askwho’s readyit just movessteadilylike it’s got somewhere to beand one dayfour becomes threethen twothen oneand the last person standingdoesn’t get a medalor…