your numbers

we feel it necessary
to apply
numbers.
age, weight, height
date of birth,
of death.
the address where you live,
which child were
you.
how many times
have you been in love,
been divorced,
how many years have you
been alone,
or at this job.
the headstone
collects it all neatly.
a bookend
of sorts.
with all read and written
just below
the cover of
turned earth.