Xochiquetzal's Event Xerox

By Sandra Lindow

You cannot stop the hands of time
but you can have them Xeroxed.
Mother Xochiquetzal, Mayan Aphrodite,
creator of spinning, weaving, and dance;
now preserves precious moments
through magic of digital duplication.
Take offering to Tree of Heaven Square.
Modern satellite neuroscan technology
holographically reproduces
any memory under the nine heavens.
No event too big or too small:
baptisms, weddings and confirmations
copied and miniaturized for personal viewing
or enlarged for public exhibition.
Replay your Marriage Proposal larger than life
during half time at the Zucchini Bowl or wear it
serialized on earrings and necklace.
Mother makes the intimate, permanent.
Feeling unappreciated at work?
Remind your boss what he promised
with a memogram especially designed
to pop out of a box of Valentine Chocolates.
Kids, for a lock of your hair, a Pokeman Card
and less than the contents of your piggybank,
you can reprise your parents' worst report cards.
Mother provides not only pleasure but perspective.
Even a future President can be preserved
rubbing creamed spinach in his hair;
all it takes is one person to remember.
Marriage gone stale? Bring back the romance.
For a limited time this February, your first kiss
can be captured in perpetuity
in a gold, heart-shaped coffee table box.
Lives change but memories can be warranted.