I Never Pretended, A Fairy Godmother Said

I never pretended, a fairy godmother said.

someone's, perhaps yours.

it's all golden anyway

everywhere you're in the light.

look carefully, and not just for the dust.

motes can be apokes and spokes can turn

in a golden twinkling and now

we are getting somewhere

and if your gown is merely blue stand

under a rose window or two in a shaft of light

at least it will turn lavender, then, and closer to

the regal side of things..

and don't complain the pumpkin's heavy on

the vine or that there's not enough time

when time is all around you golden to be spent

if only you could see rain falls through the hole

in the garret

jeweling the cobwebs suddenly

that's all there is to it, really.

mary angela douglas 14 october 2013