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Numerophobia

The Fear of Numbers

By haley spurrierPublished 6 years ago 1 min read
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I know that one plus one equals two but when I'm with you

It's more like a half and a half equals a whole

a whole soul a whole person

Then another half comes along but it doesn't add up

one whole plus one half equals one and a half

but that's just too large

so I'm subtracted from the equation and left to stand alone

just a half of a whole

That's why I’m scared of numbers

they're always changing never constant

going up or down

they can be positive or negative but never both

some numbers are just imaginary

you think of it but it's not real

It's not there when you want it to be

some numbers are decreasing

large one minute but a simple change

a simple subtraction can make it go down, down, down

until the number disappears altogether

That's why I’m scared of numbers

they're always changing never constant

going up or down

they can be positive or negative but never both

Numbers aren't all bad

Numbers can be positive and keep going up, up, up

you can keep adding positive to positive

it will just keep getting greater and greater

until you add a negative

or subtract a part

then things start going down

That's why I’m scared of numbers

they're always changing never constant

going up or down

they can be positive or negative but never both

heartbreak
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