Late Night Math

Then end is near

And the answer almost clear

With the numbers swimming before your eyes

The solution has escaped for the last time

But there on the page

It sits in wait

One last calculation is all it will take

To solve the problem

After only a million mistakes

It started with a one

Plus ninety times five divided by three and multiplied by a fourth with another division by ten

But now the answer is here

A mere six plus one

It’s only midnight

So not that late

Better get done for school won’t wait

Oh dear, now to double-check

Oh no there it is

A little exponent I somehow missed

Now to start all over after one silly mistake

But that only took an hour

So what’s another sec