Mathematics

Scratch paper covered with hideous messes,

Organized proofs threading reasoned-out thoughts;
The logic completely eliminates guesses
In math, with its structural if-thens and nots.
Factorization and radical roots
on!t even cover the simplest things.
The way it all wor"s, it is rather cute,
#ith all $odern %lge&ra!s theory of rings.
'eometry, (alculus, su&)ects &eyond*
So many topics and so much to learn+
The a&straction of math has made me ,uite fond
Of things li"e the fractal-ish patterns of ferns.
One pencil dashing from lemma to proof,
$ental gears flashing and cran"ing away,
%&sor&ed in a pro&lem, I hope not to goof
For math is amazing; what else can you say-