38...39...

Through history, for multi-millions, 

'forty' spells 'a lot.'

But such is just a fraction 

of the meanings 'forty''s got: 

Against some forty bandits 

a septet Akira matches.

A mule (plus forty acres) 

slaves were pledg'd to plow their patches.

Last night Drumpf got no sleep; 

Don needs to grab his forty winks.

Some folks believe that Benny's not reach'd forty 

(so Jack thinks).

Minus 40...? 

Temp where Fahrenheit and Celsius match.

Zirconium's atomic number: 

40 is it...? Natch'!

Who'd tell of Enki 

sometimes scratches '40' in their clays.

In Genesis, the rains fell forty nights -- 

and forty days.

Forty years did David rule...

and Solomon...and Saul...

"Nineveh!" warns Jonah. 

"Forty days you've left: that's all."

In tennis, 40-40's call'd a deuce.

(It's like a tie.)

In American Top 40, 

Casey Kasem was our guy.

Sakes alive! 2³ X 5 adds up to...

10 X 4!

(To who'd be wise this I'll advise:

Shut not thine eyes! Don't snore!)

Goliath challenged David twice each day

for forty days.

Lent also lasts full forty,

after which: Spring holidays.

This song's a mix of forty stichs

and once it's sung I'm done.

But here's the thing: I'm set to sing

A Song of Forty One.