Just Some Tat
Just some tat
On a shelf of bric-a-brac
And all the punters saw
Was the ‘Made in ’74′
Saw the fractures
To me they never mattered
Your flaws always appealing
Somehow gave your love more meaning
And we found each other on a charity shop shelf
A pair of matching items; Antique Roadshow wealth
Individually of interest, but together worth much more
Good examples of our era, Makers’ marks etched on our cores
Before only half
Just the thought’d make me laugh
I never even dared
To picture myself there
We got out more
Nothing like we’d done before
And when other punters saw us
We were a set of matching glasses
And we found each other on a charity shop shelf
A pair of matching items; Antique Roadshow wealth
Individually of interest, but together worth much more
Good examples of our era, Makers’ marks etched on our cores
Something cracked
And I never got you back
You were broken into pieces
And you never found release
Is it enough to find each other on a charity shop shelf
A pair of matching items; for a while more than yourself
Indigo and hand-blown, a beauty everyone saw
Textbook samples of our fears, tore our hearts apart for more
More than lovers
We saw right through each other
But though I may have better health
Here I am, back on the shelf
But we found each other on a charity shop shelf
A pair of matching items; Antique Roadshow wealth
Individually of interest, but together worth much more
Good examples of our era, Makers’ marks etched on our cores…repeat to fade
Rivka Jacobs
Awesome, entertaining, and technically adept. A ballad, a song, a poem. I love it. “Good examples of our era, Makers’ marks etched on our cores….” This is perceptive, and insightful. The couple as products of their time and place, but out of place in a way, until they find each other.
The end of the relationship is a “breaking” — she “breaks” like a glass; very telling.
Very impressive for a Monday first-at-bat story!
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