Thursday, December 3, 2020

christmas jewelry

i remember those gift shopping
days
at the mall

or Tiffanys,
or 
a store i can't pronounce
along the way.

peering into glass cases, staring into
the bright

glare of jewelry lined
up like
a treasure chest.

a queenly array.
what's her style.

what would she like, what have
i seen her wear.

earrings perhaps,
another
bracelet, something silver, or gold.

no, maybe black.

a ring engraved.
 diamonds. what size,
what shape.

round, or square, oval
or pear?
how much
is love worth?

i don't miss those days trying to
make
myself happy

by making others happy
with things.
with bling

tossed into a drawer after
christmas day 

after the love has ended
and
they've gone away..

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