Playing with Zero
I like the number zero:
it signals those who are missing,
holds the place for other numbers,
like all those zeros after a one.
It lets me know that another day
is coming with its companions 1,2,3
every tenth year or century
but falls off when time has passed.
There are no multiples of zero:
zero times zero is zero
and there is nothing left after
division, one plus zero is always one
and two is all that is left after subtraction.
Sometimes zero is hard to calculate
like the quiet of the house when the dog is gone.
Seven Circle Press/Circle Show
Dec. 2017
