You don't give a glass of water
To a drowning man
And you don't throw a thirsty man
Into the deep blue sea
Yet I drank deep of that glass
Though my lungs were full of water
And thanked you for the refreshing swim
As I gulped the briny down
--Daniel Irwin Tucker
Sometimes we can be the bull in a China Shoppe or the clerk behind the counter, the partner in a marriage, a colleague at work or. . . well, just fill-in the blanks -------- --------)
"Ok, thank you. Now just stand there while i move this nice showcase of our Royal Dalton outside. Good bull. Now slowly turn around (crash) ... thats ok, I'll clean it up later. What's that? Oh, it's just stuff to eat and drink out of ... bone china is just made of old bones anyhow; don't worry about it... "
The china metaphor was inspired by a lovely poem by -A- , entitled, Like Fine China.
