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That Number

That Number

It's the number that
        comes after three,
It's the number that
       comes before five,
It's the number that
        you cannot see,
It's the number that
        you can't say live,
Unlucky number
        in the Far East,
Like number 13
        out in the West,
It is the New Jerusalem
        Foundation,
It is the absolute of
        Creation,
It is the sense of
        Totality,
The opposite of
        Humanity,
Taste like
        cocoa,
Smells like
        chocolate,
Does not make
        you loco,
But just the
        opposite,
So just like as 
        we said before,
We cannot say
        the number *_____
  
2020 February 07

*3rd Place*

What's In A Number
~~Juliet Ligon
Copyright © | Year Posted 2020

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Ligon Avatar
February 29, 2020 at 7:10 PM
Congratulations on your placement in my "What's In A Number" contest! Creative way of rhyming and reasoning the number that you cannot say.
Kelii Kekaula Avatar
February 29, 2020 at 7:16 PM
Thank you, Juliet, for the honorable placement -- Aloha!~@wk
Gauthier Avatar
February 7, 2020 at 7:05 AM
Well penned, William. Enjoyed your poem.
Kelii Kekaula Avatar
February 7, 2020 at 7:59 AM
Thanks Line!
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