Room for change

Wow. This one didn't go where I thought it would go. I'd forgotten about the magical order of PEMDAS. Sometimes subtraction comes first. Today I am unsubscribing from a few automatic email sites. Farewell Lands End. Goodbye J. Peterman.

I spend every Lent

In addition and subtraction,

Multiplication and division

Of thoughts and actions.

There is always room for change.

Sometimes I keep it on the bedside table;

Sometimes it rattles around

In my coat pocket.

When I buy a sandwich

The change goes

In the tip jar.

Addition and subtraction

Multiplication and division

There is always room for change.

Change adds pathways

To our brain,

Subtracts others.

We all have different orders

Of operation.

It’s not PEMDAS

For everyone

In that magical order.

But change

Is absolute.

Change itself

Is absolute.