Number 9 out did
the number 10,
during exchange of treasures,
trousers or in the sales
of glamour crisps.
99,999, 9999...attract people,
when 100, 1000, 10,000...
were proved greater.
Business trends and people's pulse
have overturned Aryabatta 's
glimpse of zero
as jinx, since a decade,
with no barricades.
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