This poem comes from a prompt at poetry workshop to take three words and relate them in the same (or similar way) to rock, paper, scissors. My words (randomly selected from a pile) were lemon, thoughtfulness and light.
by nature, lemons create light in the darkest teas
the splash of single droplet leaves behind a royal crown
suspended in air as it forges its way from the still rippling
surface to the bottom of the tea cup.
let ubiquitous light overshadow thoughtfulness, a flash
in the pan, a lovely surprise
thoughtfulness clearly trumps lemons, that dour look
coupled with a snide remark
in response you surely walk away a little
less sweet.
Photo: http://edgerton-digital-collections.org/
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