The body is a song Beat after beat the drummer keeping time Saves one beat for you and one for the heart of the world
Two
When humans care for orphaned gorillas They are human beings – being human The gorillas Witness to an endangered species.
Three
Three wise men arrive in Las Vegas. They're confused. The city of stars accepts their gifts in return for chips and exchanges their camels for Pontiacs. Eventually the three men run out of goodwill and are asked to leave the star-city. Now each of then wears self-correcting sunglasses, far more cautious when following the brightness of artificial light.
Four
The world is a box with clear sides Through this we see the sky dark and the sky light We see four directions on all horizons And constellations that rise and fall Shut your eyes and listen carefully You can hear the lid open every time one of us enters And one of us leaves.
Five
The lad in the schoolyard solves a problem with the same Mathematical precision of his father He counts on his five fingers and divides them Into one tight fist With this math he gets a perfect score and None argue with the result.
Six
When all the world clocks stop ticking. They will each tell of a different time: during rush hour, before the interview, at the moment of martyrdom, just after take off, when war is declared, the date and time of your birth. On any given day each one will tell the truth - at least twice.
Seven
Seven sons were seven suns a'shine on everyday Yet seven suns one day went dark to shine another way Seven dwarves in darkening hue imminently benign No longer to bright any sky and none would see the sign
Eight
Eight accounts of starving populations Eight charity organisations seeking aid Eight million raised per quarter Quartered by eight reasons to extract a share Before the rest is shared to the rest Who continue to starve.
Nine
Nine millimetre cannon kills you with a slightly larger calibre than eight millimetre cannon. Makes a slightly larger hole, travels slightly quicker, has a slightly longer trajectory, provides a slightly louder thud or thwuk when it hits the target. This knowledge may not prevent you from coming to harm; but at least if killed by nine millimetre cannon, you'll die well informed.
Ten
How many cynics does it take to change a light bulb? As many as it takes to be satisfied with this as an ending.