Eyes on the Pearl Eyes on the pearl- the prize shown first is the one you cannot win. Curse the magic of a charlatan when you reckon misdirection opened your throat for croakers, your purse for the accomplice. It’s avarice that brings beasts to table, & worth the owl’s wisdom, to stay hidden. Eyes on the pearl, his cups & balls, her thin necklace, all float towards a false caress, but a grain of regret digs in & grows to insight, the queen’s gem bids all her subjects to chorus, eyes on the pearl. Max Heinegg Max Heinegg is a high school English teacher who lives in Medford, MA. He is a Best of the Net and Pushcart nominee whose poems have appeared in The Cortland Review, Tar River Poetry, December Magazine, The Journal of American Poetry, and Crab Creek Review, among others. He is also a singer-songwriter whose records can be heard at www.maxheinegg.com
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