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Mosaic Musings...interactive poetry reviews _ Poetry Exhibition -> Plato's Pearls of Wisdom _ Halo Statue

Posted by: Larry Nov 7 16, 17:55

Halo Statue

An old septuagenarian Swede,
name of Sven, had the luck to succeed
with a lottery prize
of a few million euros so he
asked some architects what was their fee
for chalets in the skies.
The specifics required were exact
for a place in the Alps on a tract
he had purchased with cash.
Finest marbles and woods must be used
for all floors and stairs; he had excused
many builders as trash.
One that met his requirements was hired
but informed him he was old and tired
and did not want to walk
all around the new home to be built
but preferred a warm fire and a quilt.
The builder didn’t balk
even with the old Swede’s last request.
The young builder thought he was the best
to get all the jobs done
for construction was not in a boom.
“Halo Statues in every room”,
was the stipulation.
The young builder asked every friend
and associate; at his wits end
for no one had a clue
what a Halo Statue might have been
but he knew that he had to begin
and in due time was through.
He then called the old Swede, “job complete!”
and asked Sven, “When’s the best time to meet?”
Sven had been on a cruise
but he wanted to see his chalet
so he said he’d be there the next day
but the Halo Statues
still concerned the young builder. He’d try
to show Sven his new home and get by
with no mystery device.
Sven admired everything and was pleased
except for his request; unappeased,
and his frown wasn’t nice.
“Where’s my Halo Statues”? Sven now made
the young builder admit in his trade
that no one in his quests
ever heard of such things. What are they?
Sven said, “when it rings, lift it and say
Halo, statue to guests.

Posted by: Psyche Dec 4 16, 00:47

Hi Larry!
I'm following you all over MM due to this amusing poem you've written.
Each time I enjoy the way the "mystery" is revealed at the very end!

Please keep 'em coming, MM is far more fun with your contributions, either humorous ones or your divine sonnets, villanelles and other forms you manage so deftly.

Happy Thanksgiving to all your family. I'm not sure when you celebrate it. Hope it hasn't already passed? In Argentina, we don't have so many celebrations in December. We do have a religious holiday on December 8th., then it's Christmas and New Year. No Halloween either!

Our important festivities are Carnaval and Easter, but nearly at the end of our summer, perhaps they even slip into Autumn.

Best, Syl