Getting along life mathematically

Add to the positivity
Subtract the negativity

Happiness is multiplied
Wretchedness is divided

Life has no linearity
Nor it has any similarity

More like tangential
With so little differential.

Facing ups and downs squarely
We can get along exponentially!

©gautami.tripathy
~Nov 15, 2006

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Ricky Fico Nov 20, 2006, 11:47am EST

Bravo! Again, with your mathematical acumen you've just added a few more joyous moments in my day and now I know for sure that I can subtract from my mind the nonsense I hear on the news about dividing the country again...

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gautami tripathy Nov 20, 2006, 11:50am EST

Thanks Ricky. When I write in somewhat metaphors, no one comments. Actually simplicity is my forte. I should leave the complexity to complex numbers not poetry!

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gautami tripathy Nov 20, 2006, 11:53am EST

Thanks Amy. Keep reading my mathematical poetry. You love math too.

Thanks Jan.

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robert h. Nov 20, 2006, 1:13pm EST

Nice. Somewhat like a lovely sequel to that old song I loved so much: "You gotta accentuate the positive, eliminate the negative. Don't mess with Mr. InBetween."

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