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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