Twice Born

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Twice Born

“Geminis waltz around in life as they are 

perpetually transforming.”--Amita Ray.

There I am,

in the middle of June,

inhabiting the crux of Gemini.

As an actor, 

I paid a lot of attention to astrology;

as a teacher, 

I paid more attention to my students.

I’ve always had an abundance of ego,

but as a husband,

I pay more attention to my wife.

I am, as written and defined,

a dual personality,

an earthy intellectual.

My two faces

of Cantor and Pollux,

are back to back, so

they never meet each other.

Of course, 

no one fits perfectly

within the textbook references

as to who they really are.

Geminis are multi-faceted--check,

intelligent--damn rights,

outgoing--a Ham, type A, sure,

impulsive--blush, flinch,

unreliable--absolute baloney,

nosy--prefer inquisitive.

Gemini’s lucky color is yellow--

I prefer red;

they are ruled by Mercury--

but I prefer Mars;

lucky stone is emerald--

but I prefer rubies.

I share my sun sign with

Bob Dylan, Morgan Freeman,

Laurence Olivier, John Wayne,

Angelina Jolie, Johnny Depp,  & JFK.

If you are charmed by me, enjoy.

If I piss you off--keep your distance.

If I love you, be enveloped.

If I hate you, gird your loins.

I am what and who I am;

twice over.

Glenn Buttkus

Posted over at dVerse Poets Pub