Love At First Sight -- Alan Ziegler

(Poem #68)Love At First Sight     It was a novelty-store and he went in just for the novelty of it. She was in front of the counter, listening to the old  proprietor say: "I have here one of those illusion paintings,  a rare one. You either see a beautiful couple making love, or a skull. They say this one was used by Freud himself on  his patients—if at first sight you see the couple, then you are  a lover of life and love. But if you focus on the skull first,  you're closely involved with death, and there's not much hope  for you."         With that, the proprietor unwrapped the painting. They  both hesitated, looked at the picture, then at each other. They  both saw the skull. And have been together ever since. -- Alan Ziegler