Written for Miz Quickly - Day 27 - Marquee Moment

"Staying with the theme of bringing world events into poetry:

Sometimes in an old movie or television show we catch sight of a newspaper, an ad, a marquee, something that tells something about the times and the life of people then without directly commenting.

Think you can do something like that?"


Though I am not
a pearl person, I 
glance at necklaces
of pink, and onyx
in jeweler's window.

I am reminded of
black and white
television show,
Mother setting
dinner table–sliced
white bread, pitcher
of milk for two
children.  She bustles
about in her shirt
-waist dress, sensible
heels, and a single
strand of white pearls
'round her neck.

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