It is almost impossible to not
think of our lives in terms of pure numbers.
How much will it cost me? How much do I
need to work to save up enough money?
Today I have to drive at least forty
miles back and forth in traffic to get home.
The list is always growing more and more.
They bleed into the background of our lives
with uncanny stealth, embedded into
places far removed than from mere fractions.
They goad us easily at the gas pump
knowing we are helpless in their presence.
We can seek no armistice in this war,
we cannot resist numeric power.
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