The Consistency of Numbers

I love the absolutes of math, the way the numbers
never change. Plug any combination into formulas,
they work right every time. Your mood will not
dissuade them from the task or leave you at the desk,
perplexed because you cannot think of what to do,
or what a character might say. They're distant,
just a little cold, but they're consistent, have to give
them that. If once you learn your nines, for instance,
then you never have to learn them yet again,
no matter if you live to be a ripe old
nine times ten.



(c) Ellen Gillette, 2015