Dozens & Doesn’ts

 

A dozen doesn’t equate to 12—
don’t be absurd; it is only a word.

Twelve is not a word; it’s a number—
it’s not like thunder; it’s no wonder.

A number or a word,
it dozent mean I’m a nerd—
doz it?—or dz it?

It dozent—dos it,
’cause a dozent is a nerd,
and I’m no dozent—
I’m barely heard.
(I have no herd!)

How many dozen understand?

If twelve is a word and a number,
is 12 a real word too?
Why is 12 not in the dictionary?
Why can’t I Scrabble it with my lexiconary?

Is 12 spelled one plus two,
or twice writ ten?
Is it phonetical too?
Be precise: false or true?

Twit-twoo—twice twit-ten!

A dozen doesn’t doze—
neither in ozone nor zen.
And like Oz’s great wizard,
it doesn’t mean it’s odd.

In the Finishing—And in Beginning

It was time:—

There were heavens:
space and heat and gas—

There was earth:
solid matter and mass—

There were waters:
molten deeps and seas—

There was time:
to create and finish and make complete:

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No The in Beginning

The Beginning did not occur;

nor is it Written within the Word—
that there is no the “In Beginning”
means God began with His Own Being.

The Word and Order—From Before Day One

Of Genesis—as Literally Begun

In beginning,

Elohim creates
the heavens,

and the earth.

And the earth is
waste and emptiness,

and darkness is
on the face of the deep,

and fluttering is
—on the face of the waters—
Spirit of Elohim.

On the Hole—Of the Whole

In the hole,
in the whole,
there was something;

Behold:—
not untold,
not unsolved,
not a Hobbit in a home—
older than hills.

It was there,
and is there still—
more ancient than old,
staring us cold—

If the whole there be,
and its hole unfold.