Actually MaryAnn - numbers are more "real" than words. Words have only the "meaning" which we impart to them - they are simply the combination of artificial Letters which have no meaning at all. But Numbers have a "character" of their own - quite distinct.

You seem to miss the point of using -

I sometimes wonder if
I’m being excessively irrational.
Here I am, in the prime of my life
with infinite possibilities ahead,
limited by only imagination, yet
confounded by the complexity of
an imperfect world

Come on MaryAnn - you used to be a Math and Science Major. Let's have a little FUN with Numbers - become a little "irrational"

.d;-)