Meaningless Numbers

Meaningless Numbers The worst numbers are those with rough edges Perversions of nature not smooth or level With odd forms and shapes Having them around insults circles And the innocent curved numbered ones Meaningless, are the digits not used If there is more than one, figures get confused Line them up with math and logic Hold them against the wall with clues Find some matches, loose and dry Place a bomb, lit fuse, beside them They will not move or tell the truth They won’t go screaming into the night They mimic all other numbers to make them numb Not alive, not to imply they are dead They are to be hated for that And when the remainder remains the same You can count on them for nothing Their impertinence explains it all Meaningless numbers are everywhere Shameless, as even the old ones look the same I don’t know their names and can’t explain absurdity When shopping I have to take a number and wait A cause and effect that escapes me and reason