Tagged: math

etrog marmalade

etrog marmalade
happening on the stove this
morning, countless seeds

collected in a bowl, waiting
for some kind of impossible
.
20230108:1230
y

maybe every two

maybe every two
out of eleven board games
is a keeper – the

math is iffy, but we are
convinced they’ll make us sharper
.
20220725:1725
y

quarter keeping score,

quarter keeping score,
the neighbor and i wake each
other up in the

night, toilet flushing, floorboards
creaking, a simmering silence
.
20220327:0410
y

both/and to the nth

both/and to the nth
power for we only love and
learn in shades of gray
.
20220325:0805
y

the calculus for

the calculus for
risk-taking has nothing to
do with math and all

to do with the privileges
you arrived with, by land, by sea
.
20211204:1505
y

on the surface, weight

on the surface, weight
is one calculation away
from accuracy –

the size and shape of a thing
does not easily divulge depth
.
20210221:1422
y

you said the river

you said the river
can heal itself if we give
it time – it’s never

a perfect formula when
variables are missing
.
20210128:2013
y

perhaps more

perhaps more
than any of it
all, more than
education and
income brackets,
more than
compatibility and
the stars, more
than all the
coincidences
and preferences,
is the comfort
of shorthand
and shortcuts.
here’s to the
ninety-percent of
the things i don’t
say that still make
their way to you
.
20201222:1711
y

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between caution and

between caution and
curiosity is a
data collector,
quickened by
algorithms and
the possibility of
quantifying self
.
20201216:1602
y

whoever said that

whoever said that
the potato to lefse
ratio should be
five to fourteen may
not have factored in
the ones that never
made it to the table
.
20201130:1145
y