It's that time! Okay, first, here's the poem from last Tuesday:
Diamonds for Pearls
Tanka no. 2

Young girl with old man
Thick like old coconut milk
He gave her his truth
All she wants is diamonds
He has only given pearls

Now, only two souls were brave enough to give their input, and both were close, In fact, Katina would have been dead on if she pushed her answer a bit further. Either way, love and shout- outs to Katina and Joi for participating. Now for the breakdown.
This Tanka does in fact address a relationship between a man who is significantly older than his female counterpart. Her main motivation is financial betterment, which she hopes to get in return for sex. All she gets is "pearls"; the pearls being a man's seed. Hence the coconut metaphor. Now we can get into why one would refer to..."it" as pearls, but first ya gotta be grown and you have to catch me in person on that one. Although, I have heard "it" referred to as pearls before. So, the pearls did not represent wisdom, although it could in a sense that if she is wise enough to learn from this particular situation, she would indeed gain pearls of wisdom. I guess the moral is be honest and forthright with your intentions; in your attempts to play someone, you yourself may be the one who ends up being played.
Aight, stay tuned for today's installment...