THE TREASURE RUSH
Everyone lined up on an imaginary line.
The drums drummed. The trumpets trumpeted.
The cannon went off - and everyone rushed
for the treasures in the field right in front of them.*
They ran with shopping carts, buckets, baskets,
boxes, wheel barrels, suitcases and bags.
They filled them up to the tip of their brims.
Then they sat there in a glow of their treasures.
Some smiled. Some felt filled and full.
And some looked at the others’ treasures with
great greed and need and envy in their hearts.
© Andy Costello, Reflections 2017
* Cf. Matthew 13: 44; Matthew 6: 21.
* Cf. Matthew 13: 44; Matthew 6: 21.
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