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Counting (Free verse) by Dovina
I can count from nothing to something
from words like zero and absence
to baby, life, and grave
I imagine counting with words like
couple, marriage, divorce
and maybe someday will
even children count higher than this
do it in Spanish, urdu and French
bigger words with higher learning
useful words for science and selling
counting words obey some rules
rules we can discover, but never invent
which makes counting seem unique
a swarm of busy words
all interact predictably
never evolve or disappear
never change their meanings
foreseeable, useful, faithful
I trust them
build with them
think them part of here and now
and all the time
Iâve never got
From number one to two
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