A Peek Into My Pate Poem by John Sensele

Cognition is the girl I wield
Differentiating exponential expressions
When to this girl my attention I yield
Intending to execute my mathematical missions.

Computer algebra systems are cute kids in my town
Simplifying my laborious Arithmetic
Extracting from my face every frown
Lurking in the background: no cosmetic.

Scratching my head
I pound Algebra and Geometry
Preventing focus from going to bed
I round off my shift with Trigonometry.

Drawing up a lesson plan on vectors
I put to the sword Calculus
Empowering saplings to grow beyond Arithmetic actors
Who fly above nimbus. Incredulous and miraculous.

A peek into my pate
Reveals I'm mollifying Mathematics
Which is both my fate and my date
Dwarfing by far Semantics and Pragmatics.