[For Elizabeth Wade]
Whether the January Family were two-faced double-crossers or just
misunderstood, all we have now are their chalcedony cameos. Agate, blood-red
fire one day, stone cold the next. Cornelian has a permanent brown smell under
his Roman nose. Cousin Carnelian is a pseudomorph if ever there was one.
Chrysoprase though is a gem, I will have nothing said against her. And
Heliotrope seems okay, though a bit dotty. Aventurine’s gorgeous. The Onyx side
of the Family are somewhat black-and-white, though with Sardonyx, what’s not to
like? Even their names are stand-ins, given we’ve nothing else to go on.
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