The Paint Box

by maida   Jun 2, 2008


Cobalt and umber and ultramarine, Ivory black and emerald green- What shall i paint to give pleasure to you?'
paint for me somebody utterly new

I have painted you tigers in crimp son and White
the colorers were good and you painted them alright
I have painted the cook and a camel in blue
And a panther in purple.' you painted them true

Now mix me a color that nobody knows,
and paint me a country where nobody goes,
And put in it people a little like you,
watching a unicorn drinking the Dew

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  • 15 years ago

    by Gabba Gabba Hey

    Myra Cohn Livingston.

  • 15 years ago

    by Gabba Gabba Hey

    Myra Cohn Livingston.

  • 15 years ago

    by Gabba Gabba Hey

    ...'crimp son'? I dunno know if you're going for something there...but it's 'crimson'
    these are pretty good lines
    'Now mix me a color that nobody knows,
    and paint me a country where nobody goes,'

    they've got a quality that reminds me of someone else in them...can't think who it is.
    You've got some weird things in here, that I don't know if they are mistakes, or if they are on purpose, but that's something to think about.

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