Terry Reeves Poet Sonnet

The Painting Guy

Have you seen that guy who does painting on TV?
with close-curl hair like his landscape greenery,
although he is a genius that's to be sure,
and with him what's less is definitely more.

I remember my feeble art attempts at school,
but managed to retrieve my reputation from being a fool,
somehow my crap turned out to be not too bad,
however, the expectations can drive you mad.

Now, a 'wash' turned out to be a thing of beauty,
shading, grading, as tho' it was still running to me,
my art master said that we're not all capable of 'magicals,'
and that everyone's seen a prick and two balls.

One wonders how Da Vinci may twitch in his grave,
thinking of all the wonderful work that Michaelangelo gave.

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