11/6/08 CAI Lab Assignment - Blackbird

i

In a drawer
solitary, and solid black
is a meaningless ring

ii

In a drawer
solitary, and solid black
is a meaningful ring

iii

Ring fingers on the left
also on the right
but only one that matters

iv

Rings on trees
to count their age
but our rings speak nothing,
nothing of time passed

v

Round and round
never-ending, a ring
is meant to last
forever

vi

The ring finger
is placed closest to the heart
mean to symbolize love,
a connection

vii

I can roll a wheel, a ball
and yet a ring does not move

viii

Thousands and thousands
of dollars on rings to be
evidence of one's love
for another

ix

I cannot place it on my right hand
because there, a ring means nothing
and does not fit

x

Each ring is stamped
with a grade to rate the quality of metal

xi

Should a ring of love
ever be graded?

xii

In champagne
in a cake
a ring is almost always
the sweeter treat

xiii

You can impart everything
into a ring
or you can impart nothing.
But only you can impart meaning