All this must be spun tonight. —The Brothers Grimm
She does not care
that the gems
are not real.
She wears
the necklace
and feels beautiful.
She does not care
that the shoes
are not true glass slippers.
In the low angled sun
she slips across
the scuffed maple floors
and dances in clear plastic shoes
bought on sale at Target
to music that only she can hear.
She hums and twirls
in the dimming light.
She is not like
the miller’s daughter.
She knows how,
all by herself,
to spin what is useless
and cheap
into gold.
the spinning of thread/gold and the spinning of our twirling dancer…
actually, by way of nitpicking, “She knows how,/all by herself,/to spin gold from/what is neither useless/nor cheap.”
Eduardo! You are so right! Not useless nor cheap! Right! Thank you for this turn around … (spinning some more)
lovely. a lovely picture and golden as it is.