Casting Nines

A Poem by Carissa Hanson

--Fan Poem-- I was casting nines; I cast out you; So I'll cast out seven; And then me two --(That last bit is intentional)

If I was casting nines

And I cast out you

I’d cast out seven

And then me two

If we were a triangle

You’d be Leg B

I’d be Leg A

So the hypotenuse is you and me

If I was X

And you were Y

Then our love would be

x(y)²= ∏

You’re my common denominator

My other digit and radius

The 1^o who makes 360^o

Dividing by zero would destroy us

x(y)² / 0 = ………

But since you’ve been gone

Since you left me

Our right triangle

Became my isosceles

I was casting nines

I cast out you

So I’ll cast out seven

And then me two.

© 2008 Carissa Hanson

The point of casting nines in math is to get rid of all the numbers that add up to nine in a problem. So the "And then me two" part is intentional.

This is a fan poem for a FictionPress story, The Blue Rose by CaveDwellers. FP doesn't support most of those math characters, so I put it up here instead. ^^

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Added on August 18, 2008
Last Updated on August 18, 2008

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Carissa Hanson

Portage, MI

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My name is Carissa, I'm going to be a college sophomore in a couple weeks. I love to write; it's a very rare occurance to see me without a notebook or pencil. The big story that I've been working on w.. [more]