Albrecht De Vriendt, Belgian
Hank Had Been Telling People For Years That He Wanted To Open a Bowling Alley, But For Some Reason They Always Thought He Was Joking, 1879
Oil on mahogany panel
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/// All day long Felix frantically whittles,
carving pins so the girls can play skittles.
He eats cold mush in haste;
only “rainbows” to taste.
He would kill for his fill of hot victuals.
/// His back aches (he would love a massage),
but for Felix that’s just a mirage.
Just a jester at Court
helping girls at their sport.
Well, at least he can spy décolletage.
/// The three girls touched his back “to get lucky.”
They said he (and his pins) were “just ducky.”
But he knew that they viewed
him as ugly and crude.
They were beauties with souls that are yucky.
/// Felix made his big move after lunch,
and approached the best one of the bunch.
True, there’s no Albrecht sequel,
but bold Felix is equal
to the girl (who likes playing a hunch).