William Daniels, British
After Examining the Antique Goblet for Over 10 Minutes, Professor Wallingford Came to the Conclusion That This Was Some Really Good Weed, 1843
Oil on canvas
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/// Though the salesman assured him it’s good,
Joseph Mayer had not understood.
“This has no pointy edge,
so it can’t be a WEDGE,
and it’s certainly not made of WOOD.”
/// He was famed for collecting antiques
by Egyptians, Etruscans and Greeks,
In his great Gothic chair,
at each cup he will stare,
but not one is the Grail which he seeks.
/// While his spaniel snoozed, hemmed in by clutter,
to the dog, Joseph sometimes would mutter.
“I’ll get things in order
to prove I’m no hoarder.
I’m untidy, not some kind of nutter.”
/// My great granddad, (no longer alive),
bought this trinket in nineteen-aught-five.
It was often repaired.
Now the Roadshow declared:
“No original segments survive.”
/// “It is worthless, you say? Hmmm, I see.
Well, at least I’ll appear on TV.
But I’d hoped for ten G,
so, between you and me,
could your verdict be changed for a fee?”