Ode to a Diagram

 by Eleanor Dohrenwend

February 9th 2021

Ode to a Diagram

Oh my favorite diagram!

You are my favorite way of organizing

Your way of sorting shines 

As I write upon your paper

Oh my favorite diagram!

You come in all shapes and sizes

I can make you how ever I want 

And you always take on my wants

Oh my favorite diagram!

You make my work so bright

My lines shine in delight

As I place my pencil 5mm above it

Oh my favorite diagram!

You can organize from 

Subtraction to division 

And from my head to my tetragon page

Oh my favorite diagram!

I get to decide your shape

Circles intersecting,

Squares or just lines

Oh my favorite diagram! 

From triangular paper to 

Rectangular paper 

There are so many places to put you on

Oh my favorite diagram!

I can make you in all sorts of angles 

From 45 to 95

No matter what shape or size!

Oh my favorite diagram!

I have always loved to use you 

Because of the ways sort numbers

In such a way that makes you gleam