The poet the painter and the Cat that came last

The hidden etching
Lay in the corner

Her eyes
Saw it
She brimmed over

Couldn’t wait
To see
His new work

Show me
No it’s not
For sale yet
Was his solemn answer

The air was thick musty
With week old
Laundry washed
And unwashed

I’ll give you
Five hundred

Really he replied !?

Later that night
He took
Out his pencils

Scribbled ! ‘sold
To an idiot ‘
In thick lines

Over the blank white paper
Smiling he laughed to no one

Slept rather well
Though woke twice
To the sound of distant
Party 🎈

Next morning
She arrived
At ten

With her
Money in cash

Do me a favour he said
Go home

Why she asked
Knowing now
He hadnt started it yet

She put on the
Five minutes noodles
Sprinkled the Parmesan
on top
Evenly

Strong Coffee went well too


They ate in silent
Wonder
Of how good noodles were
When you had
Five hundred
In Monopoly money
In a pocket
And an unstarted
Masterpiece
Behind a chest

Staring at your fork
Of bliss
In each
Repetitive
Move

The cat finally
Got a tit bit

Reviews

[NormaZ]

Great visuals in your poem, the musty air and washed and unwashed laundry. I could see it and smell it! Nice job.

[Julie McCarthy (juliespenhere)]

Yes I love clean sheets
When my kids were growing up hardly had time to do em
Now I do more !
Thanks 🙏

[Ken e Bujold]

what an enchanting poem. story moves along so smoothly, and the killer twist from grown-up reality to play of monopoly is genius-inspired. Well done J

[Julie McCarthy (juliespenhere)]

Thanks for your awesome review
I was re reading it just yesterday thinking to scrap it lol thanks 🙏

[emmajoygreen]

A mystery at the start, a comedy at the end, and, between first words and last, a tale that wove its merry own way with hints of this, that and that, this. I smiled at the end, then re-read to catch the innuendos, wondering if and what was the outcome?! Such fine writing, a meter of its own!

[Julie McCarthy (juliespenhere)]

Thanks dear Emma I hope you had a laugh
Thanks 🙏

[emmajoygreen]

I certainly did, thank you!!!

[Arundass TP]

Beautiful lines 💓 enjoyed reading.

[Julie McCarthy (juliespenhere)]

Thanks 🙏 so very much I’ll visit yours soon 🔜