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Antiques Road Show
Costume Jewlery
Andrew Poff
November 25th, 2009
Well this first piece
Is Costume Jewlery
Manufactured in the 30s
By a Company out of Boston
It Certainly did not
Belong to
Queen Elizabeth
The 1st
Notice the Art Deco Accents
You can un-widen your eyes now
Mrs. Thatcher
I'm just the messenger
It's not worth more than
$25
Though I'd Insure it for
$30
Bitch
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I had an idea to do a series of poems based off of bits on Antiques Road Show, mainly because I don’t think it’s ever been done before, and I find the whole thing captivating. I still do have the idea I guess. Haven’t executed it yet. This is based on a segment where a woman brought in a broach that she thought belonged to Marie Antionette. I wrote Elizabeth the 1st because I couldn’t think of that name. I’ll have to go back and change it. Anyway, the woman had a look of total contempt on her face when the host told her that the broach was in fact, costume jewelry from the 30’s and wasn’t worth more than $25. He didn’t call her a bitch. This poem, especially the ‘Bitch’ part, is not meant to be taken seriously or be some dark commentary on society. I just imagine that the hosts occasionally want to go off on the antique owners who are completely snobby and daft.
So that’s it for the short poem spree thus far. I intend to write more, because it’s a lot of fun, and I hope it doesn’t harm my technique, but my technique is pretty rough anyway, so I don’t think any experimentation would mess it up.
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