Psychic Predictions
/The psychic shuffles
the Tarot deck
at her office.
She greets customers
with metaphors---
the wands, cups,
swords and pentacles
of occult promises.
Each turned card
is revealed slyly.
The Lover may
appear showing
Adam and Eve
facing each other
before the Fall.
Potent crossroads
lie ahead.
Listeners must pay
close attention.
Love might be
around the corner,
over a fence
or under a bridge.
The Tarot says so
with authority.
The psychic knows
what customers like
when they hear it.
Then they hear it.
Sometimes she’s right
and predictions come
true in lucky lives.
In the arc of destiny,
she sees as well
as anyone can
with a shrewd eye.
By Sarah Henry
From: United States