A Life Without Numbers? Poem by Kyle Schlicher

walking in the shadows
moving
quitely
though the memory. sadness.

crawling along the edge
afraid
of heights
a fear of reasoning. sharpness.

birthday? time. day. month.
the
year.

fingers on a hand. toes
on a foot.
mathamatics made easy.

counting the stars. my
imagination
has
no limits to hinder
my longing
to
know.

2 EYES.
are
enough.
for some. never
enough
for me.

where is the light switch?
fingers numbed,
walls
breathing. no one answers
the phone.

the calendar has stopped.
time
is nowhere. night time
has
descended
upon
the landscape.

reason
has been
subtracted
from the equation.
multipled
by the mere
addition
of i
solated boredom.

somehow
it does not factor out.

conclusion:

what is a life without numbers?




12-13-1979