<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div class="">Who Knows One</div><div class=""><i class=""><br class=""></i></div><div class=""><i class="">Who knows One</i>. I know One.</div><div class="">One is God for God is One—</div><div class="">The only One in Heaven and on earth.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Who knows two. I know two.</div><div class="">Two are the first two: Adam and Eve.</div><div class="">One is God for God is One—</div><div class="">It takes one to know one.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Who knows three. I know three.</div><div class="">Bad things always come in threes.</div><div class="">Two trees grew in the Garden of Eden.</div><div class="">One is God for God is One—</div><div class="">One rotten apple spoils the barrel.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Who knows four. I know four.</div><div class="">What were you doing on all fours?</div><div class="">Three’s the hearts in a ménage à trois.</div><div class="">Two’s the jump ropes in double Dutch.</div><div class="">One is God for God is One—</div><div class="">One good turn deserves another.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Who knows five. I know five.</div><div class="">Five is the five in “Slaughterhouse-Five.”</div><div class="">Four is Egypt’s plague of flies.</div><div class="">Three the Stooges on TV.</div><div class="">Two the two-faced lie he told.</div><div class="">One is God for God is One—</div><div class="">One hand washes the other.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Who knows six. I know six.</div><div class="">Six are the wives of Henry VIII.</div><div class="">Who? What? Where? When? Why?</div><div class="">Four the phases of the moon.</div><div class="">Three the bones inside the ear.</div><div class="">Two eyes—the better to see you with, my dear.</div><div class="">One is God for God is One—</div><div class="">There’s only one to a customer.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Who knows seven. I know seven.</div><div class="">Seven the year of the seven-year itch.</div><div class="">Six the paper anniversary.</div><div class="">Asked if he did it, he pleaded the Fifth.</div><div class="">Four are my absent wisdom teeth.</div><div class="">Three is the three in the third degree.</div><div class="">Two can play that game.</div><div class="">One is God for God is One—</div><div class="">Public Enemy No. 1.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Who knows eight. I know eight.</div><div class="">The Beatles’ “Eight Days a Week.”</div><div class="">Wrath is the seventh of the deadly sins.</div><div class="">Six of one, half a dozen of the other.</div><div class="">He lost it all in five-card stud.</div><div class="">Four bits in a nibble equals half a byte.</div><div class="">Three is the beginning, middle, and end.</div><div class="">Two are the graves in the family plot.</div><div class="">One is God for God is One—</div><div class="">The only one in a hole in one.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Who knows nine. I know nine.</div><div class="">Nine are the lives of an average cat.</div><div class="">Eight is the day of circumcision.</div><div class="">Seven the locks on Samson’s head.</div><div class="">Six the sense I wish I had.</div><div class="">Five the five in nickeled-and-dimed.</div><div class="">Four cold feet in the double bed.</div><div class="">Three’s a crowd.</div><div class="">Two’s company.</div><div class="">One is God for God is One—</div><div class="">The only one in a one-night stand.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Who knows ten. I know ten.</div><div class="">I wouldn’t touch that with a ten-foot pole.</div><div class="">She dressed to the nines.</div><div class="">Fellini’s “8½.”</div><div class="">Seven the times the bride circles the groom.</div><div class="">Six the number perfect in itself.</div><div class="">She daubed her wrists with Chanel No. 5.</div><div class="">Love is just a four-letter word.</div><div class="">Three is as phony as a three-dollar bill.</div><div class="">Two is the two in doubletalk.</div><div class="">One is God for God is One—</div><div class="">There’s one born every minute.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Who knows eleven. I know eleven.</div><div class="">Eleven are the stars in Joseph’s dream.</div><div class="">Ten is the Roman numeral X.</div><div class="">Possession is nine-tenths of the law.</div><div class="">Infinity’s a sideways figure eight.</div><div class="">Seven long years Jacob had to wait.</div><div class="">Six is the Lover’s Tarot card.</div><div class="">Five is indivisible.</div><div class="">Four, cruel April.</div><div class="">Three witches in “the Scottish play.”</div><div class="">Two is the two of “I and Thou.”</div><div class="">One is God for God is One—</div><div class="">One in the hand is worth two in the bush.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Who knows twelve. I know twelve.</div><div class="">Twelve are the face cards in a deck.</div><div class="">Eleven are the thieves in “Ocean’s Eleven.”</div><div class="">Take a deep breath and count to ten.</div><div class="">It takes nine tailors to make a man.</div><div class="">Eight are the people on Noah’s ark.</div><div class="">Seven are the hues in a rainbow’s arc.</div><div class="">Six is . . . I can’t remember what.</div><div class="">Five the rivers of the Underworld.</div><div class="">Four the rivers of Paradise.</div><div class="">Three on a match.</div><div class="">It takes two to tango.</div><div class="">One is God for God is One—</div><div class="">In one ear and out the other.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Who knows thirteen. I know thirteen.</div><div class="">Thirteen is the skyscraper’s missing floor.</div><div class="">Twelve are the men who walked on the moon.</div><div class="">At the eleventh hour, his life was spared.</div><div class="">Do not covet your neighbor’s ass.</div><div class="">Nine are the circles of Dante’s Hell.</div><div class="">Eight is the game of crazy eights.</div><div class="">The phone was busy 24/7.</div><div class="">They deep-sixed their love affair.</div><div class="">The five-o’clock shadow on your face.</div><div class="">Four is putting two and two together.</div><div class="">Three is the eternal triangle.</div><div class="">Two plays second fiddle.</div><div class="">Two minus one equals one.</div><div class="">One is one all alone.</div><div class="">You were my one and only one—</div><div class="">The only one whose number’s up.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>- Jane Shore</div></body></html>