Otto Piltz, German
As Noon Inexorably Approached, Edith Made a Silent Vow To Never Again Come To Work With a Hangover, 1875
Oil on canvas
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/// She could ring the church bell with acumen,
but the NOISE— (after all, she’s just human).
In the belfry, her hope
when she’s pulling that rope,
is the peals will be dulled by cerumen.
/// If you don’t know “cerumen,” relax.
(Please defer any written attacks.)
The girl’s eardrums don’t burst
‘cause both ears are filled first
with a natural build-up of wax.
/// She was never the “BELLe of the ball.”
Was looked down upon; made to feel small.
All her sisters got RINGs,
and apPEALing nice things.
Now, as BELLRINGER, she topped them all.
/// From her perch high above the whole town,
now, at last, she’s the one looking down.
From the top of the steeple
she controlled all the people,
as their timekeeper of great renown.
Curfew Must Not Ring Tonight!
Bessie’s lover, Basil Underwood, at curfew’s due to hang.
The deaf sexton wasn’t moved to help by Bessie’s sad harangue.
So Bessie climbed up to the bell, and leapt with desperate fright.
Tried to cling to the cold clapper. Curfew killed them both that night.