Cipher

#1 · February 21, 2000, 10:22 am

Posted by: clean-hewmor <clean-hewmor@...>

I came across this alphanumeric poem in a book titled "Zero to Lazy
Eight" by Alexander Humez, Nicholas Humez, and Joseph Maguire. The poem
is based on the fact that "cipher" the name for "zero" which means
"empty."

U 0 a 0, but I 0 thee.
O 0 no 0, but O 0 me.
O let not my 0 a mere 0 go,
But 0 my 0 I 0 thee so.

Thus, translated, it would read as follows:

You sigh for a cipher, but I sigh for thee.
O sigh for no cipher, but O sigh for me.
O let not my sigh for a mere cipher go,
But sigh for my sigh, for I sigh for thee so.