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Who need not duplicate, repeat, Nor be two-sided, twice as much, Nor double-up as much again. If we were more like pals Who need not bisect, cut in two, Split in demi, semi-spheres ... And half-an-half, fifty-fifty Divide and take bipartite stance. We could be tri-form, three-in-one, Create a third from our love ... We could triumph, deuce-ace all, In threeness be as one in bond. We have no need to triple tension, Cube derision, and treble thought We could terminate trilogic ... And three times more think as one. For why trisect and make three parts Triangulate and leave three-forked, One third this, third part that ... Trisect one, 'til balance goes. We could be four! Tetrad, quartern, Two square one, a quartet whole ... We could a four leafed shamrock be - Precious, rare, and blessed with luck! Not one fourth this, a quarter that, To be nothing in this world .... Four-fold these, by quarters those, By quadruplication - distance grows. There is no need to draw a quarter, To make a farthing of the whole, Create four answers to one question When the answer isn't four. We could be five! Six! Or twenty! Sixty! Or a hundred thousand! We could be five billion beings ... And still be one in number - Such a great number! A plurality of causes! The majority with the excess of votes, The lion's share, the manifold most ..... Who's who amongst that host?
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