Michael Frederick Halliday, British
“There You Go — 12 Stitches Ought To Do It. But Next Time You Punch Someone, Let Her Take Off Her Glasses First,” 1855
Oil on canvas
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“… and this little piggy got the diamond it wanted, so now all the unemployed piggies have to keep their promise and take that job down south.”
/// Leland peers at Beth’s fingers and buckles
down to work, then he suddenly chuckles,
“I see years of good health,
and you’ll come into wealth!”
(Many men can read palms, he reads knuckles.)
/// Her new needlepoint’s now set aside,
because, somehow, Beth sensed that he lied.
Leland’s words were auspicious,
but the dog was suspicious.
Muffy shivered and whimpered and cried.
/// Later Leland could not understand
why his “service” was not in demand.
From her home he was banned
with a strong reprimand.
Beth gave Leland the back of her hand.
/// Leland learned from a Jointist in town,
a seer of worldwide renown,
who said “Skeptics may fight us,
but so does arthritis.”
It was mastered by knuckling down.