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Numbers Make Me Anxious

Numbers make me anxious. I see them floating on signs As I travel the interstate. They catch my eye sometimes on a TV set. Five. Nine. Forty-six. Twenty-seven hundred and twelve. They are on clocks. Parading around like they own places. 8:34 a voice says, grinning at my fear. Weird since she is a robot voice, and not supposed to be human. Or have feelings. 9:12 Amazon announces. I try to get away from numbers, but they follow me. Suffocating me softly.

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Rhona Mcferran

Date: 7/15/2019 10:22:00 PM

Another reason why we are Soul Sisters! I especially enjoyed the line, "Parading around like they own places." hahaha ;D

Caren Krutsinger
Date: 7/15/2019 11:52:00 PM

The numbers scare the daylights out of me. Just thinking about them lurking around on the freeway gives me a fright.

Gershon Wolf

Date: 7/15/2019 9:40:00 PM

What do you do about the 4th book of the Old Testament? (---Numbers)… I have a solution: Use the English translation of its Hebrew name / BaMidbar / In the Desert. That wipes out those numbers for you... LOL. Funny one, -Caren. :) gw

Caren Krutsinger
Date: 7/15/2019 11:52:00 PM

Thank you my friend. I truly have had a little bit of a scare with so many numbers!

Kim Rodrigues

Date: 7/15/2019 5:43:00 PM

Those hulking numbers in plain sight...watch out!

Caren Krutsinger
Date: 7/15/2019 11:53:00 PM

They are waiting to steal our time and laugh at our dilemma!

Arturo Michael

Date: 7/15/2019 7:42:00 AM

Impossible...we're probably made up of numbers...

Caren Krutsinger
Date: 7/15/2019 2:10:00 PM

We probably are; there is such a thin line between math and science.