the even number community
bolsters pride
in its fabulous wealth
of integer factors
as the prime number
elites remain aloof
in the rarefied air
of exclusivity
the algebraic equation
is a bit smug
having solved for X
in an abstract balancing act
and the methods of calculus
have long forgotten
their perch on the shoulders
of the lowly plus and minus
the mathematics of movement in
all these dreams
persists after dawn
in the calculating daylight
the illusions within their
clouds of persistence are indeed
a wonder to behold
with or without the proofs
