04-07-2014, 09:20 AM
Sheepskin
Having spent my teenaged years
not eating meat or wearing skins,
those habits quickly disappeared
with gardens grown and venison.
While I was crafting bags and belts
Lorraine and Jules, in new found coolness,
rejected meat and fine tanned pelts,
became our circle's first Jew-Buddhists.
Their matching sheepskin coats were hung
unworn and useless through the year;
accepting one, it shone among
my cheaper threadbare winter gear.
For countless years it kept me warm
through every northeast winter storm.
(good thing for me we're not critiquing these.)
Having spent my teenaged years
not eating meat or wearing skins,
those habits quickly disappeared
with gardens grown and venison.
While I was crafting bags and belts
Lorraine and Jules, in new found coolness,
rejected meat and fine tanned pelts,
became our circle's first Jew-Buddhists.
Their matching sheepskin coats were hung
unworn and useless through the year;
accepting one, it shone among
my cheaper threadbare winter gear.
For countless years it kept me warm
through every northeast winter storm.
(good thing for me we're not critiquing these.)
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