Wears silver shoon,
But gold costs twice
As much. That price
Is far too high,
And that is why
The Girl in the Sun
Wears only one.
On Venus, copper
Shoon they wore,
But copper’s dearer
Than before.
Until they’ve saved
Enough, that price
Means penny-loafers
Must suffice.
But iron’s cheap.
The shoon on Mars
Cost less than those
On other stars.
The Man that’s there
Is shod, of course,
With shoon to spare
To shoe his horse.
And what of Earth?
Men there, they say,
Make do with shoon
Of miry clay
Until, the Ancient’s
Reign restored,
They may go barefoot
Like their Lord.
Sons of Michael,
He approaches.
Rise! The Ancient
Father greet.
Bow, ye thousands,
Low before him.
Minister
Before his feet.
3 comments:
Several weeks ago, for a few reasons this post has convinced me that I should get down in a short post of my own, I went down a few story lines using names from the movie, The Karate Kid.
Just yesterday, though, I had the distinct thought that I should look up the meaning of Elisabeth Shue's last name (one of the actresses from that movie), which I hadn't done before.
Shue, as it sounds but wasn't obvious to me, is likely from the German Schuh, which means "Shoe", in the singular.
Given that "Elizabeth" has come up plenty of times over on my blog (as a reference to Eowyn), could be one tie to your reference of the girl in the sun wearing only one shoe.
The man from the orb nearest Sol
Cannot wear shoon of his metal at all
For mercury melts in his sphere's heat
and liquid will not stay on feet
He borrows metal from sun and moon
in order to make electrum shoon
What of the man from the royal planet?
Some say his shoon are made of granite.
Of metal they are and not of rock
Tin shoon he wears, with wool socks
The man who in the ringed world dwells
Wears weighty shoon affixed with bells
When sleeping he keeps them next to his bed
And they metal of which they are made is lead
Very alchemically literate!
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