Dorian Gray

[Roy Hobbs]

Sedulous in full aesthetic dress,
Dorian Gray pursed his lips,
(those chiseled in excellent disdain)
posed his ivory cane
aslant the wrought-iron gate.
In dandy style announced,
with a doily at his nose,
“Oscar, I'm getting younger,
but the portrait I've lived
has finished too late."

Thanks billy,

This effort goes in the bottom drawer--
left side. The drawer guides are well-oiled.
The drawer itself is reinforced to carry the
weight of a I,000 poems, discarded.
rh

my problem is with ivory can, while they were called ivory canes, they were, are ivory handled canes.

unlike the multitude i like the idea of a doily for a snotrag, (true story coming up); i had a friend whose aunt we would visit (cakes and cola).
she served everything on chintz plates and in chintz cups set on lace doilies. she had the habit of plucking a doily from the portable trolly and wiping my frineds nose with it, he hated it but it was worth it for the goodies...so i'm for the doily dabber.

the last 3 lines were for me excellent, mainly the getting younger part and complaining about it. if i had a nit it would be that the 1st line feels more akin to an oscar poem than a dorian. jmo

great to see your poetry roy and thanks for the read.