Why I Turned In More Than Ten Poems

Let a = b (i)

Then, a² = ab

And, a² - b² = ab - b²

So, (a + b)(a - b) = b(a - b)

And, a + b = b

By (i), b + b = b

Thus, 2b = b

And, 2 = 1 Q.E.D.

Reader: "Wait a minute! Is that poetry?"

Poet: "Of course! It's a paradox, isn't it?"

Reader: "Oh. Yeah..."

Christopher J. Cramer

June 21, 1981