# Threes

#### soroban

##### Well-known member

. . . . . . . . . $$\text{Threes}$$
. . . . . $$\text{by John Atherton}$$

$$\text{I think that I shall never }c$$
$$\text{A }\#\text{ lovelier than }3;$$
$$\text{For }3\,<\,6\text{ or }4,$$
$$\text{And than 1 it's slightly more.}$$

$$\text{All things in nature come in }3s,$$
$$\text{Like }\therefore\text{s, trios, Q.E.D.s;}$$
$$\text{While }\\text{ gain more dignity}$$
$$\text{If augmented }3\times 3 \text{ . . . }$$

$$\text{A 3 whose slender curves are pressed}$$
$$\text{By banks, for compound interest;}$$
$$\text{Oh, would that, paying loans or rent,}$$
$$\text{My rates were only }3\%.$$

$$3^n\text{ expands with rapture free,}$$
$$\text{And reaches toward }\infty.$$
$$3\text{ complements each }x\text{ and }y,$$
$$\text{And intimately lives with }\pi.$$

$$\text{A }\bigcirc\text{'s number of }\, ^{\text{o}}\text{s}$$
$$\text{Are best }\div\text{ up by 3s,}$$
$$\text{But wrapped in dim obscurity}$$
$$\text{Is the }\sqrt{-3}.$$

$$\text{Atoms are split by men like me,}$$
$$\text{But only God is 1 in 3.}$$