Once, passing by a jewelry store
On Ben Yehuda St.
To her rich-looking companion:
"Now, they-uh's a ring Ah really ad-mi-uh!"
*
Once, I watched a lady eating creamcake.
She closed her eyes, savoring its lusciousness.
"This cake is a dream!" she said.
*
Once, I knew someone who had
A coin collection,
Each coin carefully catalogued,
Every detail lovingly recorded.
*
Once, I knew someone who owned
A large aquarium of tropical fish.
"See that one? With the blue stripes?
Now, I ask you - isn't that a beaut?!"
*
Once, I saw a little boy
Open a new packet of photos of gedolim.
"Oh, look!" his eyes lit up.
"The Chazon Ish! I don't have him yet!"
*
The first-born person
Was named Kayin, `Acquirer.'
Because that's why we're here -
To collect, acquire -
Everything we can.
Therefore, may our eyes light up
With love, excitement, zeal,
Collectors' mania:
"See that mitzva?
The one nobody noticed?
A rarie!
Now, I ask you -
Isn't that a beaut?"
Ruth Lewis Rosenblatt was niftar the week before Pesach.
