“The chain and three dice”

This is a great little homage to consumerism. The repetition of 'clattering' in the last line really works well.

It's not about consumersism, it's about marriage.

Isn't it?

Love this:

'I bought the chain with my eyes
when I saw it on display'

Look up 1st John 2:16,17 in the Bible and you should guess what it is about. Thank you for your nice comments.

1 Timothy 6:11
A clatteringly good poem!!

Now all I need is a Bible...

It says:

(16) because everything in the world—the desire of the flesh and the desire of the eyes and the showy display of one’s means of life—does not originate with the Father, but originates with the world. (17) Furthermore, the world is passing away and so is its desire, but he that does the will of God remains forever.

(1st John 2:16,17)

Okay, I see it now, although if I replaced 'consumerism' with 'want' (as in desired), there wouldn't be a great deal of difference, would there? In religious terms, its still all earthly.

Yeah, you pretty much got it, but it can be about all kinds of different things. Not just the 'want' to spend money on something, but also “the desire of the flesh and the desire of the eyes” talks about things like immorality, or desiring something that doesn’t belong to you, even stealing and of course focusing on and boasting about your material life. The Bible shows that these things are useless next to what you should really value- “the will of God remains forever."

Therefore you’re all actually right. Jennifer’s interpretation of the poem as being to do with marriage doesn’t necessairly have to be wrong either, it just depends on how you look at it.

Each line in a poem should always contain possibilities, that’s how poetry can be something important but completely different for one individual to another.

Ambiguity rules!

'Ambiguity rules!'

Ambiguity rules OR!

Very nice piece. It was pretty clear without the concordance, but it was nice of you to post it.