IN PARENTHESIS

Long division
square root

she has gotten into the habit
of reading me like
a novella,
a very short book

backwards, forwards,
start to finish;
finish to start

goes overboard:
dividing, multiplying
working
her way
down and up, up
and down

searching for that quotient
hunting that
divisive dividend

her face
a picture of joy when
it comes
to multiples

(our
lowest common denominator
a value to espouse).

Published by Damian Garside