Today would've been ok
If I had stayed in bed,
Read some Charles Bukowski,
Studied some more of
The "Artist's Manual Of
Design and Composition."
It's good stuff really if
You're a serious artist,
But if you're a hack
Don't bother because
You won't get it anyway.
Some guy was watching
Me paint the other day
And asked what I was doing.
Not wanting to be condescending
To this chap
I said "I'm painting "plein air."
I was waiting for his question
"What does ‘plein air' mean? "
But he never asked.
I guess he didn't want to appear
As dull as he already appeared,
So he said, "Oh, ok"
Like he was Claude Monet
And abruptly walked away.
Wow! I just made a triolet
That rhymed without
Even trying!
Feb.2019
This poem has not been translated into any other language yet.
I would like to translate this poem