Robert Charles Dudley, British
“Wait For The Drop,” ca. 1866
Oil on canvas
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Robert Charles Dudley, British
“Wait For The Drop,” ca. 1866
Oil on canvas
Info, or links that point to more info (especially the last here), about this artist can be found here, and here, perhaps in addition to what’s in his Wikipedia page.
/// Many men gathered close on a boat
for the Morse coded news of the vote.
The telegraph’s cable
curled out from the table
connecting to regions remote.
/// All was silence (save watery splashes),
as they strained to hear dim dots and dashes.
Every man held his breath
waiting news— life or death.
If it’s war all their dreams turn to ashes.
> OR <
/// These grim men have one notion they share
as they hover twixt joy and despair.
If this wire, trans-Atlantic,
should be cut, we’ll be frantic.
“Don’t expect me to make the repair!”
> OR <
/// They’re so serious! I wonder why.
They’re Awaiting (we know) the Reply.
If we had some suggestion
as to what was the question,
we might know if they ought to comply.
/// The man with his arm in a “sling”
turns out to have worn no such thing.
It’s a towel. Inside
is his “Hitchhiker’s Guide.”
(They’re all that he needed to bring.)
/// OK, sure, 42 is the answer.
What’s the question, though, “How to cure cancer?”
Or “The meaning of life?”
“How to win back my wife?”
and “How much time to take to romance her?”