and with decorum and edge.......

they climbed the mountain of 'social aristocracy'.......
in order to possibly 'rub noses' with the elite few who actually had the impossible fortune of DWELLING there.....
in the heights.......
among the clouds even !!
and as they clawed and scraped their poor, chafed knuckles against the rough stone and rubble along their pathway,
they began to bleed........
and bleed they did !!
veritable BUCKETS of blood and guts and unfulfilled wishes........
red and gold and BLACK......... and BLACK.........

and you can just forget about their manicures !!
the ones which they had painstakingly procured only the day before,
in anticipation of the journey to the 'goldena medina'........
the beautiful, albeit a tad 'tacky', RED NAILS........
were chipped and torn beyond recognition........
and their new shoes........their shabbos shoes.......
were scratched and torn and virtually render able 'worthless'......

nonetheless........they continued on.......
in the hopes that tomorrow would be significantly better than yesterday had been......

but here's the thing about wanting something better.........
you stand the chance of losing the thing that you already have !!
and lo and behold, you might not have had it so bad after all!!!!

but seriously, friends, who am i to judge??

and so it goes.......