The Number 22

Prompt: Write something with the number 22 as a domanant theme, topic, or idea in honor of WdC's 22nd birthday celebration.
Written for "The Whatever Contest." "The Whatever Contest -- Closed for Now" 
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The number 22 is a double deuce.

No matter which way you add it,

It equals four; it's now time to even the score.

The terrible two's have won this round;

They did so with hardly a sound.

You're twice as lucky with 22;

It's now time to tie your shoe.

Your chances are doubled, don't you agree?

When you're partnered with someone like me.

Twenty-two chances to keep it alive;

Reckon it's time to do the jive.

Bask in the sun with your attire,

Baby, it's you that I desire,

You're the one I'd like to inspire.

Twenty-two brings out the beauty in you.

Your embrace lightens my load;

It makes me warm, instead of cold;

It makes me young, instead of old.

I remembered the day that I tried,

To make sense of the tears I cried;

I could understand it, when I was in love,

All of my emotions, I hid in my glove.

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Written by Anna Marie Carlson
Saturday, September 3, 2022