Commands encircle my head

Find the apothem, what is the surface area?
The search is on, my pen a desperate hunter

Formulas refuse to cooperate

Find the apothem, what is the surface area?

The room strips all camouflage, forcing me to solve the unsolvable
Formulas refuse to cooperate.

Perhaps the clock has the answers

The room strips all camouflage, forcing me to solve the unsolvable

45 minutes turn to 30 and the numbers have sprinted, far away from comprehension
Perhaps the clock has the answers

Tetrahedrons were not on the review guide

45 minutes turn to 30 and the numbers have sprinted, far away from comprehension

The rigid variables refuse to take shape
Tetrahedrons were not on the review guide

The linear formulas reject the third dimension

The rigid variables refuse to take shape

Where did all the hours of studying go?
The linear formulas reject the third dimension

The correct procedures have abandoned me long ago
Where did all the hours of studying go?

Are answers supposed to be decimals?
The correct procedures have abandoned me long ago

I’m sure the apothem could be 3.4928977896 sometimes

Are answers supposed to be decimals?

My calculator is giving an error message
I’m sure the apothem could be 3.4928977896 sometimes

I definitely knew this last night

My calculator is giving an error message

Where did all the hours of studying go?
I definitely knew this last night

The correct procedures have abandoned me long ago

Where did all the hours of studying go?

All those practice problems have dissolved into meaningless particles not to be recalled
The correct procedures have abandoned me long ago

My chicken scratch expands its territory across the page, giving me false hope

All those practice problems have dissolved into meaningless particles not to be recalled

Did he go over this during class?
My chicken scratch expands its territory across the page, giving me false hope

When did we ever learn about radii?

Did he go over this during class?

My father told me to pick my battles
When did we ever learn about radii?

“You won’t win everything, Emily.”

My father told me to pick my battles

Others are finishing, relieved after a long struggle with their perfect whole numbers
“You won’t win everything, Emily.”

As my pen lowers, my white flag raises.