“He wasn’t there
again today“

Today’s New York Times:

NY Times ad for 'The God Who Wasn't There,' with  article on pages from medieval manuscripts

And then there are
gemlike numbers
   set free from words…

Today’s New York lottery:

NY Lottery Friday, June 19, 2009: Midday 354, Evening 431

Elsewhere:
 354, 431

These numbers also
name parts of a book
cited here Nov. 6, 2007:

                   … The actor is
A metaphysician in the dark….

— Wallace Stevens in
    Parts of a World, 1942