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~Ear Wax Art~ (The continuing saga of 'The Great Belly Button Lint Fire of 93')

I've been collecting ear wax

Since the belly button lint dust fire went bad

I lost all my dignity in that fiasco

So ear wax is all that I have left

 

Believe you me, it's not easy

Coming up with another scheme

After burning the whole town down to the ground

To get a single soul to look or even listen to me

 

But that fateful day that I dug deep

And pulled a replica of the Eiffel Tower out of my ear

I knew that fame and fortune lay before me

My time had arrived, my time was here

 

Who should I call first over my artful discovery

The Post?  The Enquirer?  The Times?

No I would call The Museum Of Modern Art in NYC

For the Art World would soon be mine

 

I knew I had to ratchet it up a notch

One piece of ear wax art might be a fluke

So I got out my brush...the Q-tip

And removed a portrait of John Wayne AKA The Duke

 

Since I live in a hippie commune in the woods

Little furry creatures would always stop by

To gaze upon the artful process

Squirrels can be the best of critics...no lie!

 

Which gave me the idea with all the left over ear wax

I sculptured a mini-amusement park with mini-arcades

And charged the woodland creatures nuts and berries

Which helped feed the hippies with whom I stay

 

It wasn't long after that I received the letter

Stating that art had a need for me

I've become known as The Andy Warhol of The Art World

With abstract ear wax being my specialty

 

Now I go to all the major "Who Does"

Where everybody knows my name

As I create masterpieces right before their eyes

Just don't hold it to close to the flame

 

Who would have ever thought that ear wax

Would be the perfect medium

To jet propel this Simpleton

To Art World stardom and beyond

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Written by
mike-hauser
American
Published
May 10, 2013
Lines·Words
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Notes

If you need to catch up on this insanity....

The Great Belly Button Lint Fire of 93' is down deep in my pile of craziness.

Good Luck!

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