Mathematical Poetry

Mara Lynn Barbee

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Art is created, a marvel to behold.
Then it's dissected.
Criticized and categorized,
inspected dispassionately
so we can all know just why it's a masterpiece.
What?
This interests us how?
Who cares what you call it:
iambic pentameter, octagonal whatever, quadratic equation...
Blah!
That's no fun!
You're taking the beauty out of it.
Art scientifically dissected into little pieces isn't artistic.
It's just pieces.

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