THE GOLDEN STRING
Back of the bus.
Alone, tired.
A man, with 3 bags,
gets on, sits next to me.
"Coming from work?", He asks.
"No, job hunting", I reply.
He smiles, pulling a long golden string out of a bag, saying, "I've just the thing, but you must promise to roll it into a ball."
To humor him I agree, and he smiled again, wished me a good day, and exited the bus.
Rolling the string I dozed off, awakening, finished ball in my lap.
Dawn, lost, I exit the bus.
A sign in a window beckons:
Fulltime Columnist wanted - Blogging experience helpful!
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Inspired by Sage Cohen putting a quote of a William Blake Poem , and the poetic response by William Stafford, in Chapter 20, Follow the Golden Thread of her wonderful book called Writing the Life Poetic.
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Good luck that you also get the job, lol !
Posted by: Gattina | January 23, 2011 at 02:58 AM
Delightful little tale.
Never look back, for we can't change the past.
Always look forward, for, from this moment on, the possibilities are limitless.
Posted by: GM Roper | January 31, 2011 at 11:20 AM