Poly-Mania

wife 1 loves wife 2
wife 1 hates husband
1 man and many women
Y & >= 2X

assembly line sex
fraternal twin boys
many men and 1 woman
X & >= 2Y

many husbands love many wives
paternity tests
many women and many men
>= 2X & >= 2Y
 
Queen Formulaes

rock + opera = bohemian rhapsody
planet + thermostat ≠ Freddy Mercury
11 / 24 = day Freddy died
stadium clap standard deviation ≠ we will rock * u
Queen – Freddy = Adam Lampert

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greater-than less-than equal-to are for mortals not math

must i compare me to a seed
sprouts to green thorn stalk
yet to bring forth corn.
back-bone to be spine >= 6’
…. 	..  	.
must i compare me to an archer
aim-yellow 	strike-blue
st	O			P
you’ll grow up to be president
present arrived i’m no president
red 				light
< no head hair      > much stomach fat
compare me to my-was my-to-be
continue	>	<	            =
intercom: kitchen–dinner–now

Robert Fleming lives in Lewes, DE. Published in United States, Canada, England, Ireland, and Australia. Member of the Rehoboth Beach and Horror Writer’s Association. 2022 winner of San Gabriel Valley CA broadside-1 poem, 2021 winner of Best of Mad Swirl poetry and double nominated for Pushcart Prize and Best of the Net. Follow Robert at https://facebook.com/robert.fleming.5030.