the reverend edward gorey told a most edifying story and illustrated his strictures with finely executed pictures
children neither seen or heard devoured every pious word and satan's wiles they upbraided as into the woodwork they faded
their elders were uplifted too by tales so moral, stark, and true and sat upright in morris chairs exchanging baleful nods and glares
in shadowy conservatories they mumbled their unlikely stories with particular attention to the chances of outliving their inheritances
ashen aunts with dwindling dollars unctuous uncles in starched collars comatose cousins on silent settees with tired teacups on their knees
upstairs maids with drooping tresses silent brooding governesses manservants with creaking limbs in hallways dark and doorways dim
parrots with small vocabularies needy nephews sipping sherries reptiles lost behind chaises longues divas mumbling forgotten songs
and to complete the mournful frieze moths who never felt a breeze dogs who answer no human call and cats - the worst of all
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3 comments:
Another masterpiece.
with each item in the list, the scene gets busier... and our smile broader...
:D
how masterfully words and illustrations go hand in hand...
great work!
I was quite enjoying this, and then to find that cats came at the very top of the list - well, it made my day. A lovely post for molly to exercise her claws on.
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