Recent New York Lottery numbers—
The interpretation of "056" in yesterday's
The Aleph, the Lottery, and the Eightfold Way
was not without interest, but the interpretation there
of "236" was somewhat lacking in poetic resonance.
For aspiring students of lottery hermeneutics,
here are some notes that may help. The "236" may
be reinterpreted as a page number in Stevens's
Collected Poems . It then resonates rather nicely
("answers when I ask," "visible and responsive")
with yesterday evening's "434"—
For today's midday "022," see Hexagram 22: Grace in the context of the following—
As for yesterday afternoon's 609, see a particular Stevens-related page with that number…
For "a body of thought or poetry larger than the subject's," see The Dome of the Rock.