UL 6 - 2955

If you’re a certain age, I’ll bet

That stuck inside your brain

The numbers of your telephone

From youth must still remain.

 

For way back when you memorized

That sequence, it did stick,

Like Velcro, to your brain cells;

You can summon it real quick.

 

There once was lots of room in there

For things we learned by heart –

Addresses, passwords, ID codes

And credit cards, to start.

 

But over time, the Velcro wears

And things will not adhere

Yet strangely, numbers from the past

Still stand out, loud and clear.

 

For all who may have dialed

UL 6 – 2955,

That number’s out of service

But in me it did survive.