Caren Krutsinger Poet Free verse

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 July 15, 2019 at 10:22 PM Another reason why we are Soul Sisters! I especially enjoyed the line, "Parading around like they own places." hahaha ;D Caren Krutsinger July 15, 2019 at 11:52 PM The numbers scare the daylights out of me. Just thinking about them lurking around on the freeway gives me a fright.

Gershon Wolf July 15, 2019 at 9:40 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 July 15, 2019 at 11:52 PM Thank you my friend. I truly have had a little bit of a scare with so many numbers!

Kim Rodrigues July 15, 2019 at 5:43 PM Those hulking numbers in plain sight...watch out! Caren Krutsinger July 15, 2019 at 11:53 PM They are waiting to steal our time and laugh at our dilemma!

Arturo Michael July 15, 2019 at 7:42 AM Impossible...we're probably made up of numbers... Caren Krutsinger July 15, 2019 at 2:10 PM We probably are; there is such a thin line between math and science.