fascinating! just amazing.
from nursery rhyme to naïvist, amorous philosophy to lyric poetry.
well done. poetry from math, who'da thunk it!
I love the closing stanzas.
KS
On 29/01/2008, sharon brogan <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> numbers
>
> I
>
> numbers are magic
> as everyone knows
> numbers of fingers
> and numbers of toes
>
> one is a number
> as is two, as is three
> big's not a number
> and neither is wee
>
> but you can give them a number
> if you measure them close
> you can give them a number
> for lesser or most
>
> red's not a number
> and neither is blue
> but we give them both numbers
> and think that it's true
>
> numbers aren't real
> they can't hug you or kiss you
> they can't feed you a meal
> and numbers won't love you
>
> zero's a number
> or just an idea
> it gives nothing away
> but a question: to be?
>
> II
>
> What if we could map the future?
> If we could graph the probability
> of you loving me, of me loving you?
> This moment, its topology, its exact
> dimensions and chronology - if we
> could fracture it into its smallest
> signifier - decipher the most obtuse
> and mysterious functions - if we
> could do that - this moment, its
> infinite fractals, spinning off one
> from the next - if you, if I, are only
> numbers, the consequence of some
> algebraic equation, some geometric
> shape - do we add? Do we divide?
> Each solution holds the next problem.
>
> III
>
> zero equals spiral
> the moment of conception
> anything is possible
>
> one at the center
> the beginning
> and the end
>
> two, the dialectic
> balance, and also
> contradiction
>
> three is perfection
> in its fullness
> nothing is missing
>
> four is totality
> this earth
> and all its directions
>
> five is the star
> it is fire
> it is light
>
> six is power
> it is destiny
> unfolding
>
> seven is fulfillment
> it is motion
> it is change
>
> eight
> the pillar
> and the path
>
> nine
> is the serpent
> that bites its own tail
>
> zero, the spiral
> the shell
> and the snail
>
> --
>
>
> ~ SB | http://www.sbpoet.com | =^..^=
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