A Word on Statistics
by Wislawa Szymborska
Out of every hundred people,
those who always know better:
fifty-two.
Unsure of every step:
nearly all the rest.
Ready to help,
if it doesn’t take long:
forty-nine.
Always good,
because they cannot be otherwise:
four – well, maybe five.
Able to admire without envy:
eighteen.
Led to error
by youth (which passes):
sixty, plus or minus.
Those not to be messed with:
four-and-forty.
Living in constant fear
of [...]
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