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UNSOLVED

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Unsolved is that math problem from ten years ago That geometry problem with triangles of torment and angles of anguish I tried this formula and that random trick I’d learnt Tallying those equations and reaching a dead-end every time The problem remained unsolved for days at a stretch Until I gave up on it and forgot about it completely I found other easier problems to solve meanwhile Pleasing myself, inflating my ego, giving me a solver’s afterglow I solved many a problem over the years hence Not all mathematical - some matters of the mind, some problems of the heart But one fine day I encountered what looked like a similar problem Those same triangles of torment, those same angles of anguish My hands trembled with an eerie sense of familiarity – it was the same problem It seem like I’d seen a long lost love, that I knew so much yet nothing about I picked up the pen as I did resolve and gave it what would be my one last try To my utte