Fuck Boy Math | Dyondra Wilson

The following poem by Dyondra Wilson of New York, USA was selected in the shortlist of Wingword Poetry Prize 2020 and won ten thousand rupees

Add one chick 

Take away another 

My math game strong with 

“I’m not like that dude” or “I love feminism” 

Raise my chance in a power of seconds

 

I multiply my lies by the 100th increasing my decimal and rounding out the edges 

Divide my clothes by hers and we both back at zero 

Finding her slope I make her feel good as I hit my plateau

“Hey girl, why you so emotional?” 

 

I brush off her ​y as I get my ​x 

Adding on more women than I have eyes 

No need for fingers as I keep tabs in my head

And my hands on her thighs