Zero to the thousandth power

logic on the run

Oblongata left in pieces

nothing zero-sum

Squaring the root unto itself

Euclid at the cliff

A equals B as B disappears

the quotient nondescript

Hickory Dickory’s mouse on the run

though nimble Jack gets burned

Formulas crumbling as integers balk

what’s ‘given’ mocked and spurned

Zero to the thousandth power

reason clones its fear

Classical thought—not selling or bought

Pythagorean tears

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