APRIL 24
Jan Draper
BLUE STONE
It is the blue stone on the table
that catches her eye.
The table set in white:
Linens, dishes. All
Perfect.
But the stone.
The blue of a winter evening
The blue of love when it is young
And all you want to see is your lover’s eyes.
The blue of morning before it is washed away by the sunrise.
It is the blue stone on the table
That she wants. “How can I steal it
Without his catching me?” she thinks.
“How funny to want something so much
You think of theft.” Her host returns.
“Oh, you saw it.” The Man laughs.
“I bet you like it. Thought about
Putting it in your pocket already? You can.”
He laughs again, “It is for you.”
Jan Draper taught English at Champlain College and in China for many years. Currently she works with Write Here, Write Now.
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