The numbers gather round him
holding hands and singing Kumbaya.
He holds his soul steady by
referring to mathematical equations
and discomboobablating
the English teacher with
his constant
onslaught of grumbling, mumbling, fumbling
wisdom.
He will free himself from his sheltered
world of numbers if only he will
believe the words he wrote
about letters and numbers
being equal.
Is he ignoring the fact
that numbers are infinite and therefore clearly
superior
to words,which eventually
will end?
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