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Corporal Geometry
\ninformed Private Equation,
\n"W’ell have to take Right Angle Hill
\nif we’re to save this nation."
\nBut Major Addition
\nsaid there was one condition.
\nIt seemed Sergeant Subtraction
\nhad seen too much combat action.
\nSo Colonel Long Division
\nmade a tactical decision.
\nSend Captain Algebra
\nup the hill as last hurrah.
\n"His men aren’t averse to dying,
\nand they’re always multiplying."
\nGeneral Mathematics states,
\n"He wins who better calculates."<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Corporal Geometry informed Private Equation, "W’ell have to take Right Angle Hill if we’re to save this nation." But Major Addition said there was one condition. It seemed Sergeant Subtraction had seen too much combat … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[3,4],"class_list":["post-688","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-poem-2","tag-poem","tag-poetry-2"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1017,"url":"https:\/\/redtinnoodles.com\/?p=1017","url_meta":{"origin":688,"position":0},"title":"Lewd Division","author":"Rick Young","date":"December 14, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"At first there was amorous addition, soon followed by sexual subtraction. 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