Nine Answer Key

Nine Answer Key
by DeDe A. Reid

We go left to right like the beat of a drum.

Open both palms; and bow the left thumb.

Each finger takes a bow, and you will see;
With ten fingers you get a NINE answer key.

The finger that bow have to separate;
To help you find the secret,
Left and right matching mate.

In this order we shall learn.
By taking a BOW,
each finger 1 through 9, gets a turn.

Keep your hands open, with palms up in your face.

Count and write them off slowly.
But the left THUMB starts the race.

One
Two
Three
Four
Five
Six
Seven
Eight
Nine

When you get to the right thumb that’s a TEN !  Your fine.

Multiplied by 9 you get the matching mate to perfection.
Try your fingers out again.
Now you see the secret, from the left and right reflections.

As you can see, your fingers are like a dictionary in a spelling bee.
But you can only get to ninety with the "Nine Answer Key."

What's on the left? What's on the right?
The first number is the finger you BEND, for the visual sight !

1 09
2 18
3 27
4 36
5 45
6 54
7 63
8 72
9 81

DAR note: This poem is a multiplication riddle rhyme, about the number NINE.