Fibonacci found the significance of1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13 ...,they explainthe way seeds spiral in the sunflower and pine scalestwist in the cone
I tell you LYNDHURST 8325means the house my aunt moved from in 1942and I remember the cousins who said 20 years ago:call us when you 're in town, the number 'sILLINOIS 8-3713but I forget their names
SO LONG IT'S BEEN
time to clear the silentsullen round of numbers stacked in mybrainracks clear HOWARD 0141 where the onearmed man lived next door and Mrs. Goldfarbwith her slipstraps slid on her fat pink arms clearHARGRAVE 8375 where the park sweeps below the railingand Broadview Ave, on a foggy day a ship'sdeck sailing a sea of limbo washed with3 old skaters 7 tennis players and a shatteredrubbydub GERRARD 6715 Good evening Century TheatreGoodbye Mrs Gersten, Miss Fernandez, Miss Fleuhrer &all burglars anonymous uncaught who tied up myfather & stole the safe, or his lunch, or sometimeseven $$$$ clear GERRARD 2222 (too) easy to remember Callme anytime Mr Wallace walks me in the schoolyard &knowing does not tell me my grandmother LAKESIDE 0007never liked flowers because they reminded her offunerals: how many roses from hers have I foundcracking the backs of Uncle Nissel'sSCHUYLER 4-7767 old encylopedias? clear GROVER 9595where I pulled the kid cousin's braids, ateknishes, and cried: yes, he 's dead, he died thismorning numbers that lived in me clear clear clear noanswer, nobody livesthere any more
my ghost directories areyellowpage clear through, thecrossroads of the pastare one-way thoroughfares
