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Day 6: Solving for X

Today's prompt: The Answer Prompt – A poem that is an answer to another poem or prompt
It feels like I brought this upon myself. Since I wrote fancy math problems yesterday, here are fancy math answers to questions noone asked.


To know the rate at which you are putting on weight
While you're stuck at home, lying in food coma state.
Let X be the measure of how much your weight has grown.
Let Y be the number of days of lockdown,
Differentiate X with respect to Y,
Look at the answer and weep a silent cry.

However, if you are tackling the problem of stockpiling,
May I suggest a simple equation that shall soon have you smiling?
Count the number of stocks you already own,
Now take some post-its and sit in a room alone.
1 post-it for each item and start writing how grateful you are,
You'll soon realise the pointlessness of the trip to the bazaar.

On the subject of social distancing, here's my two cents,
It's not math, it's just plain old common sense.
Every time you curse the social distancing norms,
Remember there are people protecting you out there, in uniforms.
For many, this is a luxury they just cannot afford,
Remember that when you complain about getting bored.



Written for: Singapore Poetry Writing Month is an annual event in April, where a prompt is released every day and people write and share their poems based on the prompts.
 

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