I like to do math
\nIt puts me back
\nOn that evil left handed path
\nFor what is math
\nThat Wicked art
\nWhich reduces all to that
\nNumeric flow chart
\nIt sets one and one apart
\nRipped from each other
\nWith a cold math heart
\nAnd joins together randoms
\nThereby forced to work in tandem
\nFor the sake of the equation
\nWhere the means justify the ends
\nOn paper everything’s good and right
\nFor no one cares of the numbers plight.<\/p>\n
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