5  5  5  5  5

5 is male. 5 is vivid blue
against any background
(any circumstance).
5 has his mouth open in surprise
or wonder.
5 looks forward.
5 sets his cap on the future.
He is pregnant with possibility;
his belly swollen like a woman
with child.
But 5 rarely comes to fruition.
5 is hard.
2 (fierce girlhood) plus
3 (perfect appetite)
equals 5.
5 is odd, and moves
with a perpetually hobbled step.
And yet, he always moves ahead.

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