God went to beauty school - Cynthia Rylant
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highlyeccentricHe went there to learn how
to give a good perm
and ended up just crazy
about nails
so He opened up His own shop.
“Nails by Jim” He called it.
He was afraid to call it
Nails by God.
He was sure people would
think He was being
disrespectful and using
His own name in vain
and nobody would tip.
He got into nails, of course,
because He’d always loved
hands—
hands were some of the best things
He’d ever done
and this way He could just
hold one in His
and admire those delicate
bones just above the knuckles,
delicate as birds’ wings,
and after He’d done that
awhile,
He could paint all the nails
any color He wanted,
then say,
“Beautiful,”
and mean it.
The predictable slowdown of enthusiasm has kicked in! And Best Australian Poetry isn't turning up as many gems as it might, I feel. This is why I only promised 5 p/week, although I managed 7 for most of Jan. I am hereby giving myself Thursdays off. And one randomly-selected other day per week. Weekends, meanwhile, will be selections from the poetry I've saved to pinboard.
to give a good perm
and ended up just crazy
about nails
so He opened up His own shop.
“Nails by Jim” He called it.
He was afraid to call it
Nails by God.
He was sure people would
think He was being
disrespectful and using
His own name in vain
and nobody would tip.
He got into nails, of course,
because He’d always loved
hands—
hands were some of the best things
He’d ever done
and this way He could just
hold one in His
and admire those delicate
bones just above the knuckles,
delicate as birds’ wings,
and after He’d done that
awhile,
He could paint all the nails
any color He wanted,
then say,
“Beautiful,”
and mean it.
The predictable slowdown of enthusiasm has kicked in! And Best Australian Poetry isn't turning up as many gems as it might, I feel. This is why I only promised 5 p/week, although I managed 7 for most of Jan. I am hereby giving myself Thursdays off. And one randomly-selected other day per week. Weekends, meanwhile, will be selections from the poetry I've saved to pinboard.