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Book 13 Page 45

 

Exciting as paint drying

 

Said the woman to the great artist,

 “I didn’t enjoy the film; it was about exciting as watching paint dry,”

 

But it was a poor analogy for the great artist

for he had spent his entire life watching, ‘paint dry,’

and he had enjoyed every moment of it.

 

© Written by Dominic John Gill www.poetry.net.au  dominicj7@poetry.net.au 22/3/00