The Woman of Gold
Continuing a continuing theme.
THE WOMAN OF GOLD
My friend, the comic
said he sought a woman of gold
but so far in his search
he’d found only lead.
I then mentioned a woman
he knew and I’d recently met.
But to that idea, he replied:
"What about those big ears
and those big bug eyes
and that big butt
that wobbles from side to side
when she walks up the stairs?"
I scolded him then, saying
“Consider the possibilities:
“Perhaps ears so big are made to detect
the sound of gold hidden in this world of lead.
And when that woman hears that gold
that gold becomes
part of who she is.
“And maybe eyes so big and buggy
are well-designed to see the gold
hidden in this world of lead.
And when that woman sees that gold
that gold becomes
part of who she is.
“And to me, that wobble expresses
the continual interaction
of life’s yin and yang.
That big butt bears witness
To the universal creative energies within her.
“That’s not lead, my friend, that’s gold.”
Startled by my own response
I decided to let that obtuse man
find his way alone
then hurried home to phone
that glorious woman of gold.
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