Handsome!

"Unknown"
Daguerreotypes of  a Blind Man holding a Cat

He muzzled a cat the fluffy brown vicious thing
that matched the colour of his slick flattened hair,
He looked at the painter through his gawky black shades
His expression mocking, his crinkles bare...

He smiled a little as the plump man struggled
to paint his rugged yet handsome face,
Or so he imagined as the cat fiddled,
growling in the comfort of her master's brace!



Written for Mag #227!



25 comments:

  1. ha. can you imagine having to sit so long for a painting back in those days....and especially trying to get a cat to sit that long...lol....no way....smiles.

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    1. Thank you brian ....like ever its a pleasure hearing from you....

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  2. This is a lovely take on the image. Very well done, enjoyed the ideas you wrote about.

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  3. Love the first line... the ambiguity of it.

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  4. Funny, I can imagine the cat 'fiddled' and 'him' 'muzzled' it...very vital picture...

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  5. I like that you concentrated on the cat that clearly wouldn't stay still!

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  7. He finally had to hide the cat's face in his vest...

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  8. Two 'cool' cats, centre stage.

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  9. A skilltully innovative take on this week's prompt. Well cone.

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  10. This is charming, Arusha. A delightfully, fitting rhyme!

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    1. Thank you helena... pleasure to hear from you as always...

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  11. I don't think the cat liked him and I don't blame it! . . . lol
    Enjoyed the poem ~ Eddie

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  12. Nice descriptive poem and vibrant blog site. I must do something about mine! :-)

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