numeros

i guess everyone has lucky numbers.

56 was mine since the 5th grade. not for any particular reason, i just decided on it one day.

but there are other numbers that, like certain songs, get so scratched into my soul.

i was just taking notes on a book, and wrote down "page 111." 111 was our brownie troop number. the other day i caught the clock at 4:09. there are other numbers like 309, 473, 847, and 312 that cause my ears to perk up. even numbers like 302, 912, 221 and the others like them bring pause. and then there's 12, the number that was always on my back. numbers like 51 and 136, and even 74 are deeply embedded as soothing in my mind.

there are many more numbers that have a special association, and i'm sure there will continue to be new ones. i guess its just one more example of the way things are intertextual, even on a very simple level. numbers, names, smells, places, phrases, songs....the tiny pieces that make up "Memory."