It beckons from my office bookshelf,there beside the photo of me sitting on
a mound of dirt in Turkey playing music
to the wind upon my flute. Maneki-neko,
Japanese, will beckon with its paw until
the battery beneath its haunches loses all
its juice, faint but rhythmic ticking giving
comfort as I sit and work. Good luck follows
close behind its placement in a home or shop,
presumably, but since I do not put much stock
in luck, I like the fact that if, perchance, I need
one in response, a smile is just a glance away
beneath the painted eyes and whiskers,
golden bringer of good cheer.
(c) Ellen Gillette, 2013
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