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Numbers help me free my mind,
\ncast my troubles all behind.
\nWhen I worry about war,
\nI think sixes, nothing more.
\nAnd when pain of hunger scores,
\nthink of eights, in fields of fours.
\nWhen pure hatred gets to me,
\nI must simply conjure three.
\nWhen I need to ease the blues,
\nno sweat, I envision twos.
\nFeel the need to combat crime?
\nHere’s the mantra: just say nine.
\nFor specific knives and guns.
\nit’s real simple: fives and ones.
\nSeven lives in number heaven.
\nOne last super hero: zero!<\/p>\n

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