Lit eZine Vol 6 | p-6 | POETRY | Team

POEM

TEAM
by Kim Malinowski

A person doing mathematical calculations — *Image by* *geralt*

I want to be part of a team of geniuses—
all brains, all motion, 
math equating God, physics a friend.
I want magnets and explosions,
rockets and romance,
solutions always on the tongue.
I want to calculate opera to the decimal
and love to the nth x pi.
I want my algebraic nomenclature to defend bystanders,
each equation solving high stakes puzzles.
I want a team where psychobabble and sciencebabble
and grammarbabble is welcome and robust.
I ache for creativity leaping on the magnetic poetry board,
and post-it note trigonometry.
Calculations, formulas, good versus evil with a damn calculator,
with a dusty thesauruses and ink,
understanding that millions will die without a quick calculation
or a poem.
I want to matter that much.

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Kim Malinowski (she/they) is the author of Home, Phantom Reflection, and Buffy’s House of Mirrors. She has two forthcoming books. She earned her B.A. from West Virginia University and her M.F.A. from American University. She studied with The Writers Studio. She has been nominated for the Pushcart Prize, the Best of the Net, and the Rhysling Award. She writes because the alternative is unthinkable.