The algebraic equation on the board
has many interlocked segments
many arrows like legs scrambling across the whitewaste
jumping from note to note
and two big Greek eyes at what might be a head
angrily, mindlessly emerging from the afterbirth of the equation before.
It squirms like maggots (hunger of the newborn)
and twists spinebreakingly away from its anchorage
to stare down at me
slaveringly
I cringe and whimper.