as he wrote the date and time on the
page he stopped he was arrested the 13th 13
12. the time was 12:13 or as he preferred 0013 hrs
there was a lot going on there and
if he didnt acknowledge it he was sure something would be miffed
like walking into a fist fight three on one and not
doing anything about it hed have
surprise on his side one would never see
it coming and that one rocked with
extreme prejudice and out of the game if
the guy taking the beating wasnt beaten too badly two – on – two suddenly a fair fight he couldnt walk away without violating his ethicshis sense of right
he wouldnt walk away either from these
numbers their confluence
funny curious numbers to randomly
have noticedcaptured
or they let him think he captured them
and
what really is that or are those
he saw them as mild comforts quiet accomplishments successes victories
twelve
thirteen
one standing on the other
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1 12
1 13
a tall column of 1s can be
toppled
or
together puncturebreach his feeble confinement
our naturehis nature though he believes it is human nature believes we are clever
it could be the next time someone
takes it upon themselves to capture corral 12 and 13 that they may amuse themselves at their captors expense drum up a lack of appreciation by their
capture and they escape dismembered into a tower of stacked 1s and topple over the thoughtless the feebly built barricade remember: clever
12 and 13 were being kind to
him he knew that they were playing with him he didnt know
0022 her legs churn shes asleep shes chasing bunnies hed tell her that in the morning
maybe recognising 22 he inadvertently built elastic walls around 12
and 13 theyre not tall enough to escape
he looked down into the well and at
the bottom he sees them squatting
they look up at him and smiled mischievous smiles
then 12 13 go
subterranean they go underground remember: clever
-1
-1
-1
-1
-1
-1
-1
-1
-1
-1
-1
-1 -12
-1 -13
a number line goes in both directions it also has axes rays vectors
he hadnt collected them or
contained them
despite his vigilancehis awareness
they are free again
0033 she wakes briefly she needs suction she needs to be boosted upher angle adjusted
to breathe better he gets the pillows
just so moves them back and forth and side
to side Better? she smiles he doesnt see it because of her ventilator mask he sees her smile in her eyes
capturing them is like capturing
time and holding it still
does he pursue his inmates
does he want to expend more
resourcesmore energy
or rather should he laugh at himself
for not being cleverfor being inept thinking he could hold them and
theyre now fugitives
he would laugh
though he knew others
who wouldntwho felt they were being made a foolmade the butt of a joke – by none
other than themselves – and theyd doubleddown 3 follows 2 theyd tripleddown proclaiming I’ll show you. what they dont say
is I’ll show you for showing me up twice before.
shallow egos
13 13 encapsulates 12
he hadnt accused
13 of anything he could accuse it of
being odd
of being uneven
binary is cherished evenness compounding couplings
oddness offends not
him
maybe oddness riles and raises insecurities riles creatures that need
assurancesneed to be stroked acknowledged held up to be
admired he did not
those who tripleddown send out a
posse
it races out of town in pursuit
of 13 and as they hurtled down main
street theyre cheered and waved on
they are salutedacknowledged
and directly behind the whipped upthe frenzied crowd the thundering horse hooves growing faint 13 stood unsuspected enthusiastically waving
and cheering blending in when people
are embarrassed they dont look aroundthey dont want to be recognisedthey dont want
to be remembered they want to be
anonymous in the crowd
they want to be able to say I
wasn’t there. I wasn’t a part of it. No, that wasn’t me.
13 waved at and after the posse more
enthusiastically than everyone else fervently fanatically freakishly
nobody wants
to make eye-contact with the crazed
13 has the commoners to
itself
when the posse returned the men when it returned emptyhanded they could have returned
to devastation buildings razed people taken prisoners exploited or destroyed or ransomed
13 didnt
it took what it needed left it remained stepsahead of any pursuits pursuits which eventually faltered chasing their ghosts and failures
13 is pitiless
all it had done was be
its being was odd
it offended
things offensive are tried to be suppressed
overthrown
stamped out
he supposed no one liked
being shown up bettered
13 didnt care or need to
differentiate it knew what it was
he was pleased he caught a
glimpse
and a bit more pleased when it glimpsed back
0013, Friday the 13th, December 2019
1401, Saturday,
18 4. 20
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