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Fear of Numbers

Fear of Numbers

Fear of numbers is real
They carry adding machines on their backs
And loaded numbered guns
Divide and subtract from families and everyone
With two times the pleasure two times the fun
Double their trouble on the run
You cannot escape the digits on your hands and toes
They are counting on you to pull them through
Children fear math and numbers like the plague
Run from them at multiple fractions of a second
Poof!...Like zero, (Is that a real name and number?), they are gone
Figures hide behind accountants glasses
Hitting you with tons of taxes
Not to be divisive or derisive
Or taken down in dividends
I think they’re out to get you
In the end they have no =
Something’s don’t add up
You can count on that

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Sandra Ramacher

Date: 5/16/2014 3:46:00 PM

Hi Earl, thank you for your great comments, which gave me the opportunity to read your poetry. Fear Of Numbers particularly spoke to me. We are as people very much pressured by being held accountable, from the time of birth, throughout school until we make our worth all about the number of dollars we have in the bank. A very meaningful poem.

Earl Schumacker
Date: 5/16/2014 5:13:00 PM

Hi Sandra, Thank you for your kind words. My primary goal in poetry is to entertain the reader and to create something new for enjoyment and to that end I'm glad you liked my poem by numbers. Have a great day. Earl