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This Thing Called X

by Susan Cantey

 

This thing called x,

What could be worse than this thing called x?

What will be next?

y and z, what can they be?

This ever changing, never failing, heart breaking,

Breath a-taking,

Unstable variable called x.

 

A constant value never changes,

Never rearranges,

It’s always the same,

But a variable can’t make up its mind,

In one problem it’s four,

In the next it’s nine.

 

(chorus)

 

A fact I must state,

That no one debates,

Any number rates,

They’re all candidates,

But the values that make the equation true,

Are the ones you must find

Before you’re through.

 

(chorus)

 

Variable (x4)

 

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