I don't like math

I despise mathematicians, number magicians,
numeral wankers turned bankers,
men in suits with menacing lawsuits,
synchronized brains engulfed in mindgames

In their humble abodes, mimicing toads -

how can love be a line?
A binary divine, cased celibate cyber-shrine,
completely sterile and free of grime - is that our prime?

Zeros and ones, the heroes of humanity,
teetering on the edge of sanity,
even questioning gravity-
Clarity! Some charity, please grant me clarity.
They tell me how to think before I even thunk it;
didn’t even build my ship, now it’s sunk in
a fabric of dreams, ripped at the seams,
drowning in streams, an ocean of memes.

Wouldn’t even be without you or me;
I claim the guilty - one, two, three.
See, math is the root,
and we are the tree,
tangled up in numbers,
choking on certainty.

Two plus two is four, that I know for sure;
I don’t need numbers to love or adore.
Roar in awe at the beauty galore all around me -
the glimmering sea, the gentle stream,
the sky shifting colors as I daydream.
I’m a human,
not a number;
I refuse to go under.
I’m thunder, best you stutter.

Shift your binary codes, pave new roads;
launch the boats, wave your wands, try your spells -

can’t you tell?
I’m doing well, I bid farewell
to perfection, coded infection,
paid erections, I’m a deflection

I'm not a perfect binary symmetry in harmony -

I'm a human - best believe,

a chaotic symphony.

Reviews

[Skybound]

So I read this the first time while I was on the move, so I couldn't really absorb the meaning beyond "hey, this poem is really clever". But today I re-read it, and holy, it's such an excellent dive into humanity and how we're always trying to quantify stuff, both society, but also each other. It brought some tears to my eyes, especially the second half. F**k the binary, embrace the spectrum of humanity! :)

Also, it's so great that it starts out with underlying why you're frustrated with math and then goes on a whole philosophical tangent. bravoooo

[Zoa]

The title itself forced me to read this great poem. The title and the poem goes well together. The fact that you used such a clever way to describe about humanity is honestly insane. And it also makes the reader feel good as the rhyming is so Damm good. I am not as good as you to give a review, but honestly, it's amazing.