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Directional Love

from Live @ the Space by Amanda Sternklar

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Your genius was first apparent to your parents when you were three.
Your dad was doing payroll in the kitchen where you could see.
You said "Dad, I think you've made a terrible mistake.
Someone's about to take home a bit more than they make."
Well, you worked out the rudiments of algebra before you could speak,
and, although some people may call you a freak,
I don't want you to brush off my affection.
My love for you has magnitude and direction.

That didn't stop when you got to high school,
and although I doubt many people thought you were cool,
you proved that the fundamental theorem of algebra was true,
and, because of that, they started calling you
the Prince of Mathematics before you'd reached your peak.
Although some people might call you a freak,
I don't want you to brush off my affection.
My love for you has magnitude and direction.

Though there's more than a century and a half between us,
I know that, someday, Gauss...
Some people are put off by your snarl,
but some day I'll lean my head on your chest and call you Carl.

You worked out the rudiments of algebra before you could speak,
and, although some people may call you a freak,
I don't want you to brush off my affection.
My love for you has magnitude and direction.

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from Live @ the Space, released July 17, 2011

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