Proving It


They told me you had proven it
     About a month before.
The proof was valid, more or less
     But rather less than more.

He sent them word that we would try
     To pass where they had failed
And after we were done, to them
     The new proof would be mailed.

My notion was to start again
     Ignoring all they'd done
We quickly turned it into code
     To see if it would run.

When they discovered our results
     Their hair began to curl
Instead of understanding it
     We'd run the thing through PRL.

Don't tell a soul about all this
     For it must ever be
A secret, kept from all the rest
     Between yourself and me.