10 Self-portrait.
Count me. I count.
Five, four, three, two, one -- go!
I am a mercury number of age --
Two zero zero eight --
Rising up, up, up, up the thermometer, poisonous
When let loose.
Two thousand
Forty-one,
Forty-two,
Forty-fo...
Asphalt burns.
Keep me locked.
I am a number of birth --
Triple x in equation with symbols, slogans and trademarks
In the 24/7 commercial.
I am a weight number, height number in the grocery store,
Good till June.
I am a page number in the codex of law.
I am nineteen sixty-three variables in the area code.
Calculate me. Break the code.
I am an incurable social security number, set
On the alarm-clock
On the thirteenth floor --
Six-six-six six-six-six six-six-six.
Down, down, down, down the stairs --
Thirteen, twelve, eleven, ten... --
I will ring.
I am a number of blood sugar
On a ticking petite tin bomb
Moving around, around, around, around the grid, elbows tense...
I will burst.
I am an indigenous street digit,
In division --
109 Twenty-five.
Divide me,
Release.
I am an index. Predict me
To forgive.
I am an apartment number --
An item in the addition,
An odd numeral --
To make us even, add me
To the lease.
I am a number of blood pressure.
Multiply me.
I am my shoe size number, my dress size number
More than my dress itself is.
I am a passport number.
A fraction. Two-fifth.
I am a cell phone number,
One eight hundred
9PM to 6AM.
I am my car plates number.
Identify me.
I am my income number
6AM to 9PM.
I am my bank account number,
Accountable.
I am my number of death --
A subtrahend.
Subtract me.
Count on me.
I am.
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