What's two plus two?

So what's 2 + 2?
Oh, what a simple question!
Adding 2 and 2
Makes 4, no second guesses.

But ask a little child
And she might hold up five.
Laugh, but don't blame her,
She's not been long alive.

Ask an eight year old
What two and two make
There's a chance he'd say, "Fish!"
And he's made no mistake.

Add two tablespoons
With two more, then convert it.
Get a quarter o' a cup
Point two five, go and learn it!

Two lines squared make four,
that's IIII,
Though if you're a Roman
You'd say, "Well... not quite."

So if someone asks, "Well, what's two plus two?"
Who's to say it couldn't be 22?

Prompt ▼

Prompt: Write something with the number 22 as a dominant theme, topic, or idea in honor of WdC's 22nd birthday celebration.
Written for "The Whatever Contest." "The Whatever Contest -- Closed for Now" 
Word/Line Count: 116 words, 22 lines