Mathematics

Threes

I think that I shall never see
A number as lovely as a three.
For three is just one less than four
But, compared with two, it is one more.
The charm is the third time;
Three is the first odd prime.
Thirds are cut by fools like me,
But only God is One in Three.
John Wheeler (with apologies to Joyce Kilmer)
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