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Thursday, December 08, 2005

 

Painting

Joe paints a room a lighter shade of green,
  And Carol helps as well.
But all she ever does is stare into space.
  Even at the sound of the bell.

And she holds the brush as she stares ahead.
  She's like this in the car.
Sherlock Holmes and Watson are in the back.
  She still has the brush at the bar.

In the swimming pool she's staring still.
  Holmes has his pipe and hat.
Watson tries to swim with a thing that floats,
  But he's not any better with that.

The paint brush is gone at a garden party.
  She still holds out her hand.
Ben plays a song on his saxophone
  That he played last night with his band.

"That looks like a good lightning conductor,"
  Watson says about the sax.
People tend to stare at Watson after this,
  With the evening sun on their backs.

Holmes then says he can say what's wrong,
  Despite the lack of a clue.
"You painted the room a lighter shade of green,
  When you meant to paint it blue."

Carol starts to smile and nods her head,
  But she feels very silly indeed.
Everyone there now looks in her direction.
  A distraction is her only need.

A cloud appears above and it's very dark,
  Then a blinding flash of light.
Ben falls over as he plays a high note.
  His face is frozen in fright.

The guests all look at Ben on the ground.
  Carol's very glad of that.
"That looks like a good lightning conductor,"
  Watson says about the cat.






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