32 THE PENDULUM

You are my lady of synchronicities.
An oracle sits on your hip, as rhythmic as
a heartbeat.  When you go to your pocket and tease
it out-- yes-- or no-- or maybe-- it says.
This swinging coin is a choice coin of the realm,
a withdrawal from that invisible bank where
fortunes beckon.  Watchful at this small helm,
you blithely chart your course,  a millionaire.
Thus do you place your intentions at auction,
and I do your bidding.  By such faith, arousing
my own sense of servitude,  I take instruction,
bending my wishes to its artful dowsing.
If you need to fathom why I am so bent,
know this:  I am in your life with its consent.