Juan and Jill

By luigi_pagano

Mon, 16 Oct 2017
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Do you remember me saying
that our Jill went to Spain
to get away from a pluvial city?
There she met a Catalan
by the name of Juan Sebastián
who was the man of her dreams.
Fell in love but it was such a pity
that their views did not coincide.

For a while Juan and Jill
were locked in a battle of wills
and both defended their side.
She was against bullfighting,
he was a professional torero.
It was Cupid’s arrow that finally
made Juan change his mind.

He declared he was willing
to abandon tauromachy,
find a different occupation
and still make a killing
by dealing in shares
on the stock exchange
when the market was Bull
and not Bear.

© Luigi Pagano 2017  

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Comments

Submitted by celticman on

I'm not sure if stock and shares is not the more dangerous of the two occupations, certainly the more destructive. 

 

Submitted by luigi_pagano on

You are absolutely right, Jack, especially with reference to the Wall Street crash of 1929 and subsequent financial crises.

 

Submitted by Rhiannonw on

A clever twist, Luigi, and introducing new words concerning bullfighting. Rhiannon

 

Submitted by luigi_pagano on

Thanks, Rhiannon. Having taken up Jane's challenge I had to make a different version of the original poem and resorted to using unfamiliar words.

Luigi x

 

Submitted by airyfairy on

Thank you, Luigi!  I'm glad true love prospered.  Love the wordplay.  I'd never heard the word tauromachy before, so thank you for that, too!  

Submitted by luigi_pagano on

My thanks go to you, Jane, for providing me with the impetus to write this.

Luigi x