Happy birthday wishes to a
half-a-cent’ry gent!
You’ve presents all in boxes
with a geometric bent -
Just view them as a cubist,
combo innards and the outs,
the friendly low-life joker’s
and the pricey, thoughtful hautes’.
Should mind, forgetting, start a-fretting
(aging’s slow decline
),Why! Get your portrait painted now,
ere Time will redefine!
Your essence, have preserve-ed
by an artist you admire,
just studying your noble face
new art form may inspire --
Consider Ambroise Vollard,
with obtusely angled eyes,
expansive cubic cranium
Picasso glorifies!
Beneath those ears [or whiskers],
crumples spread beneath his chin,
enfold his fav’rite waistcoat,
naught elicits manly grin...
(he’s brooding on the laundress
his new wife’s just taken in!)
Gold trophy winner
Adding your comment:
Theresa
congratulations on the gold - very well deserved indeed! Brilliant direction from the prompt and a delightful read as well - very clever!
