The Precious Ming

This is for Antoni De’Leon’s $280 000 Challenge

Value is in the eye of the beholder. Michelle Liew

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“Ten thousand?!” they shout, with raised brows,

“But that’s a small estate!”

But the signed vase,a precious crown

Has a history for the lucky to taste.

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“My oh, my, the relatives say,

“The price is a bit too much!”

“Much? Perhaps! But it’s a genuine Ming!

Don’t you feel its powerful touch?”

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“Couldn’t we spend on things of worth?”

A new pair of shoes, a new dress?”

“Don’t you see, its place of birth,

Blesses the name it bears-no less.”

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“But why this vase?” they ask,they plead,

“Why this, and not another?”

The one you see, makes your heart beat

It gleams unlike no other."

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“All right, alright,” they finally say

“But that’s a hefty bill!”

“Yes,” I nod, and quitely pray, 

But that’s the point, the will!”