Monday, December 23, 2013

Twas the Night Before Christmath

(Click on the cartoon to see the full image.)

(C)Copyright 2013, C. Burke.

Twas the Night Before Christmath and all cross the 'net,
Readers wanted their updates, or they might get upset . . .

And I sat and struggled to come up with rhymes,
Just lookin' for a chance to work in some primes:

''Now Thirteen! Now Nineteen! Twenty-Nine and Seven!
On Twenty-Three, Five, and Two, and Eleven!''

But I needed a hook; lest it all fall apart,
So I rushed to the end, and went straight for the heart!

Whether Heart of a Poem, or Heart of the Season,
The Heart is the Hope, the Heart is the Reason

That I can say to my readers, voice cheery and bright
Happy Christmas to All and to All a Good Night.




6 comments:

Anonymous said...

what a cute post

boonleong said...

It's a great poem, but shouldn't it be a dot product?

(x, why?) said...

Possibly. I only did a quick lookup online to doublecheck that I didn't get something backward. I can't even say what site I took it from, or if it was just "Fd" and I added the X on my own. Oddly, I don't usually use an X if there are other letters involved.

Anonymous said...

The cross product is "torque". It probably should be a dot product.

(x, why?) said...

Simple fix to make. Problem is finding the time in the next two days.

(x, why?) said...

Fixed.