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COMMENTARY: Since 4/ 3 pi r-cubed is the formula for the volume of a sphere,
"Mathemaku 6a" fairly straightforwardly reads (I hope) as an equation of
some dawn's Huckleberryish outing on a raft with a sphere whose radius
is boyhood. That the parenthesis holding the sum, "knapsacks + raft +
island," can't contain its final term is intended to speak of destinations
beyond the ability of mathematics or science to enclose them -- and is,
for me, the central felicity of the poem, if it has one.
Data entry by Judy Bemis
Hard copy provided by Geri Sullivan
Data entry by Judy Bemis
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