Tale of Two-Halves: Part A

The Dish and The Spoon: Tale of Two-Halves

You may have heard the outlandish rhyme

of a cow jumping over the moon,

about dogs and cats and tricksters too,

of runaway lovers, dishes and spoons.

Indeed, this is true though untold is why a bovine

flew and flew and flew over the Moon.

You may have heard the philosophy of Socrates,

who set out to explain the reason for Soulmates.

Socrates divined: Man and Woman

were once one body split into two

and now our hearts yearn to be complete.

This is the reason the Cow jumped over the Moon.

Like Romeo and Juliet, star-crossed lovers

had captured hearts not meant to be,

for one did not look like the other.

It was fate who smiled at their meeting,

the sweet and tender greeting

of love's sweet kiss between Spoon and Dish.

Unlucky swelling hearts with no time

to spin for the other silken rhymes,

for there were noses turned upwards

at an affair of different cupboards.

"You are a spoon," boomed her father.

"And you are a dish," shrieked his mother.

"It is not meant to be!" They bellowed in unison,

the two aggrieved parents distraught at the thought

of an unharmonious marriage.

The Dish cried for days, while the Spoon sat forlorn -

oh, the woe of lovesick doves to be torn

from the arms of one willing to be reborn

as the rejoined origin Socrates had sworn.

Alas, even to me, alone in the ashen Selene,

the skies had emptied, no wishing stars seen.

But there was a player yet

who stilled believed the sun was not set

on this tale of love's regret.

The bard was a Cat, sly as can be,

with a cunning idea indeed.

He called out to the bittersweet pair,

"I'll play a tune and have the Cow jump over the Moon!

Go hand-in-hand to another land

while I fiddle a spell to distract your clans!"

The Dog was to keep watch of the Spoon

but lost, caught askew by such news

of the Cow jumping over the Moon,

he was spun into laughter.

A night a daring escape,

silly giggles accompanying the magical tune,

the Cat played the fiddle

and the Dish ran away with the Spoon.

You do not believe this story of forbidden embrace?

Ask someone whose been in the Sea of Space,

what does it smell like up in that starry oasis?

For when the Cow jumped over the Moon,

it left such a stench that even today

men say it smells like seared steak!