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I hope to have the skill
for building sentences—politic, poetic
and alert. Not let slip a jingle-line like
Smash the Patriarchy. Not like Dad
whose tongue got tied
whenever he opened his mouth.
When it comes, I hope I won’t be
shy to face the unrelated;
jettison my leery side;
be cabalistic as nine.
How any number multiplied by nine
reduces to nine: 9 × 3 is 27; 2 + 7 is 9.
How adding nine to any number
doesn’t alter its digital foot. Take for instance
74885: 7 + 4 + 8 + 8 + 5 is 32; 3 + 2 is 5.
9 + 7 + 4 + 8 + 8 + 5 reduces, likewise, to 5.
True-to-type in any combination every time.
Try it.
And if it doesn’t come, then wait.
In waiting
hope to crack the coming skillset to abide it.
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