I do not know how or when it happened.
One day I was by myself.
Then you swept me away.
Sponsor Nette Onclaud
Contest Name THE NUMBERS GAME
Date 8/30/2026
If 13 falls on Friday
it's unlucky as seen by some
others resilience new beginnings
and good fortune soon to come
1 rolled twice on 2 dice
pips are spotted as snake eyes
yet viewed as somewhat square
4 points to compass seasons winds and size
7 powerful in its prime
holds significance profound
religious cultural and psychological
as indoctrinated beliefs abound
master 11 the smallest numeral
with 3 syllables known
and smile when you dial
999 the UK emergency phone
for crying out loud 3's a crowd
and I have it on good authority
21 is a positive milestone
for mostly the majority
0 was merely a placeholder
to Babylonians and the Maya
not uncovered 'til ca. 628 CE
it enabled the world to count much higher
10 is considered base perfection
but the number some like least
if you choose to believe it
is 666 — sign of the Beast
If I were in automaton mode
and wrote a digital poem
with binary code
in terms of two states
expressed as 0's and 1's
(positive and non-positive)
which when done
alternate
and run
in a lengthy string
then later transmit the data
with technology
it would not read
a beautimous thing
but repetitively tedious
or boring indeed
nought but a numbers game
of dreary ennui
it would positively be
The Lonely Numbers Game
David J Walker
One has paper
One has pen
One has thoughts of what the color
Of love might have been
One is the mother
The other a sister
Another a brother
But where is the father
In this hungry game
One is unknown
One without a name
One remembers every day though
One is just like the other and
All are the Ones are
just the same
One is forever
Without another
The first among
The lonely ones
In this lonely numbers game
***Sedoka: syllabically, 577577, an unrhyming single verse with no breaks or pauses
Sudoku, A Numbers Game
Preset numbers are
placed in a nine by nine frame
containing nine three by three
cubes and each three by
three cubes and each column and
each row numbers one through nine
***Apps obtainable online
WARNING: Can be addictive
2020 September 27
Flowing into healthy sun
Beams subtle on my face
Mama’s ills are often none.
Hands peek in a good grace
Obviously I am still needed
Battle won, continue earthly race
Healthy cuticle glow completed
Hands sparkle, vibrancy attack
Fears and woes superseded
My aches and pains are pushed way back
Sitting on my porch, completely alive
Wondering at the clutter and clack
Numbers game, six. Seven. Five.
Two X’s, 6’s, and 9 lives won.
Like a giant cat, Vitamin D keeps me alive
I marvel at my pretty skin
Amazed at the great shape she’s now back in
Numbers Game
What happens when two serial killers meet? Do they argue on how many people they have to murder before they're officially 'serial killers'? One says it's three while the other argues five. Does it really matter? Yes, it does. Fight! To the death.
The five killer has the advantage. He's been a murderer longer than his opponent. Will those extra two kills make a difference? Maybe. But the other is of a darker character. More evil. They battle it out. No mercy. Punching, kicking, biting, scratching, blocking, kicking. Anything goes.
The fight becomes a stalemate. Exhausted they pause. What now? Each is a dangerous and worthy enemy. New tactics are needed. The five killer calls upon his sharp devious mind for an advantage, the three digs deep to his evil side. It continues.
Like a game of tag, this could go either way. Either could win. If only God would intervene, strike them both down. But He doesn't. This is His entertainment. Serial killer rivalry. All because they disagreed upon the number.
How many murders makes one a serial killer? Five, three, five three. The winner will know the answer. Then more innocent souls will die...
I'll start,you follow.
I one the lump of mud,
I two the lump of mud,
I three the lump of mud,
I four the lump of mud,
I five the lump of mud,
I six the lump of mud,
I seven the lump of mud,
I eight the lump of mud,
You ate the lump of mud ?
That must have tasted horrible.
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