Sense Sonnet - Pumper

 Black Onyx

Goddess, Venus, did ask her son,

Cupid, if he would do a job.

Cutting her nails needed be done.

Fingers and toes had grown a gob.

So Cupid used an arrow to

Cut Mom's nails and they did fall from

Mount Olympus changing their hue

To black gemstones in mortaldom.

Greeks considered the stones divine,

And shaped and polished them to be

Showed off as possessions most fine,

Shiny black art and jewelry.

Called onyx meaning nail in Greek,

Divine pieces mortals would seek.