Fools? -- Poem, a Write for Friday Writings

  

             We the Farmers; Foolish Pair  

            Having killed our goose to eat 

            Goose that laid the golden egg 

            And eaten rest of our flock 

            Farmer boy, got city job 

            My wife was cleaning houses 

            Wages pooled we'd buy new flock 

            Hoping to train the new geese 

            More who would lay golden eggs 

            We would be rich like the kings 

            Spent money on geese, goose things 

            Geese ate well happy and sleek 

            Worked hard for our goal to meet 

            (Died poor all for golden dream)  

            (Golden eggs are never real)

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 - Photo and Poem Copyright, Jimmiehov 2023, All Rights Reserved (photo is of "Bing" search for "Goose That Laid the Golden Eggs")

 - I am linked with Rosemary for the Friday Writings #75  at            https://poetsandstorytellersunited.blogspot.com/?m=1

 - Rosemary has asked us to "take a well-known myth or fable and write as one of the main characters (not necessarily retelling their story so much as inhabiting their skin)."

 - Read some of the Aesop's Fables at this URL,  

   https://interestingliterature.com/2021/09/best-aesop-fables-summaries/ 

 - The original Aesop's tale of the Golden Goose should be there 

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