Figures Don't Lie (edited)

you must understand that what costs
us sleepless nights
and these ugly eye-bags are not
really the words, but the
numbers,

yes the numbers those digits
those symbols

they are the least common
denominators

and numbers are figures and figures
as you must have been briefed by the famous adage department

figures do not lie.

poem by Ric S. Bastasa
Submitted by Poetry Lover
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