mind over matter,

but the equations on our minds really don't matter.

the stoner behind me is fully content,

tapping his pen instead of asking what "A=Pe^rt" really meant.

compounding interest,

with a negative effect on our interest.

sometimes i wonder if teachers believe,

a future is secured by clicking a calculator key.

if that really were the case,

common knowledge could be survival skills,

not the decimal place.