The Polisher And The Painter

The Polisher And The Painter

By Paul McCann

 

There's a twinkle in the twilight

as a man walks down on the street .

While the parlour lights of Belfast

touch the place where old ghosts meet .

Standing just inside a doorway

in a parlour small and quaint .

Is the painter on a platform

with a bucket full of paint .

All the nosey passers by looked in

and saw him decorate,

as  someone pointed out to him

that he'd made a small mistake .

So around and around the parlour

the painter took a peek ,

In the corner was a piano

that overlooked the street .

But the high polish that once it had

was now covered in paint .

The words that came from the painter's mouth

were not those of Saint.

The piano had these scattered

little white spots on the top

and each one of them had to removed

every single drop .

 

So a French polisher was hired

to fix the painters mistake  

he re-repolished the piano

while the painter took a break.

 

The house was filled with antiques

and polisher wore a smirk

Because while he did the piano

they offered him more work .

 

The asked the polisher if he could

restore some furniture

and so he started work

polishing the antiques that were there

the painter and the polisher

worked together everyday

and at  the end of the week

they collected their weekly pay .

 

 

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