ELIZABETH SEYDEL MORGAN

A D D

Four plus twenty
equals blackbirds.
Mama baked a pie.
Are blackbirds crows
with better word?
Not so good in pie
that's open—
birds begin to sing.
Pi is taught here, only I
can spell Pythagoras
I've touched inside
a triangle
inside a circle too
one feels sharp
the other smooth
When the circle's open
the birds begin to sing.
A blackbird's in the parking lot
on Mr. Felton's car, Mr. Felton's
in it, kissing Mrs. Pharr.
A plus B is equal C,
long side sliding down.