Dorian Gray

[Indie]

Sedulous in full aesthetic dress,
Dorian Gray pursed his lips,
(those chiseled in excellent disdain)
posed his ivory cane
aslant the wrought-iron gate.
In dandy style announced,
with a doily at his nose,
“Oscar, I'm getting younger,
but the portrait I've lived
has finished too late."

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The Picture of Dorian Gray, my favourite book of all time. The title was the hook for me here.

I love the strength of the first line, and the lines that follow it, right up until doily, like someone commented in a previous post, a silk kerchief would have been more appropriate. The mental image it gives me is bizarre, and kind of ludicrous. Love the ending.

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