Discovering Algebra

 
Afternoon light rakes across three lines inked
in school boy Arabic as the scent
of chocolate twirls around his head.

Success smiles like a mother's face,
then fades into obscurity;
hides in memory under the name
of another dream.

His well of eagerness fountains into surprise;
success chimes at a pen mark and eyes widen
in resounding affirmation.

Struggle looks up from the lines and shines
with opulent victory - his first binomial equation.
Success equals a flavor
as sweet as a Hershey's kiss.
 
John H. Freeman
 


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