Deciphering

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Deciphering

She scoffs at the notion

of luck or misfortune being

guided, governed by a clique

of handpicked numbers.

Three, seven, thirteen –

what can they mean?

You hold more luck

in your three fingers

than in the digit 3

(says she)

Numbers are merely ciphers,

(she avers) a tally, a census of sorts;

not things, but a method

for counting things

(which brings her to

her point)

Luck (she alleges)

lives and breathes and

needs a place to reside,

somewhere to hide;

That’s when she opens up

her cabinet of charms,

totems, talismans

and tokens, and

(I’m willing to bet)

she’s about to sell me

an amulet.

PSC / 2019-Apr