poem

 Approx

Rounding down or rounding up?

What are the rules?

One the one hand it’s self-

Aggrandizing, getting phantom hits

And now there’s ghost runners on base.

On the other hand you’re corralling

Extra numbers in a box

Only to be erased.

Nobody wants to deal

With awkward situations.

I’m certainly not a whole number.

Nobody has ever remembered my name

Down to the last decimal point.

The more you know me 

The smaller I get.

Unfortunately, I’m not special.

I’m not irrational.

There is a final numeral that puts, 

At long last, the finishing touches

On my ultimate value.

And now I’m just realizing

It will only get rounded off.

5/17/26