Tuesday, February 13, 2018

Happy Valentine's Day -- I love SEVEN!

Happy Valentine's Day!
                     I love seven –  as  a 
                                                          five-
                                                        letter
     word
    or
  as
            an                    
                                            acute     
                                        angle.

     Not only is seven prime, it is the number
     of my granddaughters who all like math --
     I want to make a mountain to celebrate 
     the girls and the women they become . . .  
     The mothers whose children learn to count by sevens,
     the teachers whose pupils proclaim pi   
     and welcome numbers useful everywhere . . .

     In my mother’s generation and still it lingers
     the woman must be twice as good 
     as any man to be the one
     for the job or the prize
     or even admiration . . .
     For our women let us pay
     close attention to the numbers

     And for our girls . . .

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