My lamp is a seductively proportioned femme fatale
Whose shade is a flamboyant hat maker’s delight
The chapeau enfolds her light bulb head like an outre sombrero
Her face an alluringly enigmatic mask,
Vague featured like an unfinished sculpture
Her polished brass patina a form fitting gold lame gown,
Akin to a vintage Marilyn Monroe ensemble
Her iridescent gown flares at the bottom
Into a mermaid’s tail
Not a chimera, but Carmen Miranda!
Endnote: An exercise in finding the uncommon in a common object via simile and metaphor. Revised 0n 2/18/10
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