
I write these lines on two two twenty-two.
Admiring the number of the date,
and knowing 20 days ahead I’ll view
an even longer set, I’ll set a goal
(or 2!) for head and heart. Each day I’ll do
a little thinking in a foreign tongue,
improve the metrics downward by a few,
and check again when I commemorate
the festival of 2’s that will ensue.
(Magic 9)