{"id":2842,"date":"2009-11-18T00:03:02","date_gmt":"2009-11-18T07:03:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.candlelightstories.com\/?p=2842"},"modified":"2009-11-18T00:05:24","modified_gmt":"2009-11-18T07:05:24","slug":"poem-number-crunchers-adore-me","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/candlelightstories.com\/Blog\/2009\/11\/18\/poem-number-crunchers-adore-me\/","title":{"rendered":"Poem: Number Crunchers Adore Me"},"content":{"rendered":"

I am a clipped in user
\nof information keyed and shining
\non a glass partition with an ascending
\nstaircase behind the twitching
\nlozenges<\/p>\n

My fingers hunt
\nthe sleek and they twirl
\nalong the draped wires
\nto find the pressed-in
\nprong which is
\nbent<\/p>\n

You cannot throw me
\nor catch my attention
\nfrom the sideview
\njust remember
\nthat I passed the pickup
\nand won<\/p>\n

Number crunchers adore me
\nbecause the arguments
\nare bluffing really
\npeople don’t use them
\nwithout qualifications<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I am a clipped in user of information keyed and shining on a glass partition with an ascending staircase behind the twitching lozenges My fingers hunt the sleek and they twirl along the draped wires to find the pressed-in prong which is bent You cannot throw me or catch my attention from the sideview just […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[148],"tags":[2501],"class_list":["post-2842","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-poetry","tag-poetry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t