Friday, February 22, 2013

The Alchemist...

She could always,
 in the eleventh hour,
do what she did best....
She could manifest that specific brand of
 ""alchemical transmutation""....
HER brand,,,truth be told...
 which she'd practiced and honed over so many arduous years...
Put simply....
She could turn objects...even CONCEPTS actually.....
into GOLD....
And sell the gold for cash on the dollar....
Precious is as Precious does,,,right ??
She always had that resource if need be...

But for now, she'd usher in Shabbat...
lighting candles,,,preparing food...
The aromas of honey and orange and candle wafted throughout the home...
All was perfect.....

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