Remember the X and Y,
Plotted on vertical and horizontal lines,
Where you and I were first introduced to it,
In the class on economics.
A subject so alien,
That petrified most students.
A greek that everyone finds it,
Hard to comprehend.
Remember the axis,
You were the Y’s and I the X’s,
The demand curve and the supply curve,
Where you and I were made to understand,
For the first time in our life,
That—for every demand there is a supply,
And from that point onwards,
you were my demand,
You realized it and supplied.
Remember the bend in the axis,
The twist, the curls, the saucers and the Ls,
That there were fluctuations in the cycles,
Like seasons in a year
Where winter succeeds summer.
That everything ultimately changed,
Even hearts—in the long-run;
Finally we departed from our equilibrium.
Even if you forget me,
Whom you traded-off for another,
Remember the axis always,
Where I was and now: still your X.
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