Sidney Beck Poet Verse

Kids' Paintings of Their Mothers

KIDS'  PAINTINGS  OF  THEIR  MOTHERS

A refined, young, black-haired woman who plays violin in the orchestra, 
Vassili’s mum, was  distinctly simeon-featured and aged,
Like  a  PLANET OF THE APES    gorilla.

Dmitri’s mum, who has middle-brown coloured hair, a pleasant generous friendly gal,
Was a cross between Groucho Marx and Leonid Brezhnev.
Heavy uni-brow, this woman’s facial-hair problems were terminal.

Masha’s pretty redhead mother, a doctor, looked like an upended marmalade pot,
Resembling in appearance a hybrid between Elephant Man and the Terminator 
Just before the steel-press scene in the TERMINATOR ONE  plot

Ivan’s mum,  a beautiful actress-type blonde, looked like a circus clown 
With sloppy make-up  plastered on without a mirror, 
With a very Schwartzeneggeresque chin.  I couldn’t tell if she was upside down. 

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NOTE

Based on actual observation of art class today (21  Feb  2011) in my junior school. 
I  had to leave the classroom to laugh  several   times.

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Sara Kendrick February 21, 2011 at 10:49 AM Good one..Must be interesting teaching art to budding young artist..How about a skinny Santa Claus with really short arms..No wonder so skinny arms too short to reach mouth to eat..Enjoyed reading ..Sara

Nette Onclaud February 21, 2011 at 10:32 AM a buffet of crayoned interpretations from your mind's curious images, syd... but such is art--dimensionless and perhaps playful-- like this fascinating piece that sparks the poetic bubbles! again, you flatter me by copying my work.. have you received your warrant of arrest?? lol! huggs, nette