Jean-Pierre was an affable fellow. / One who practiced a smile that was mellow. / You felt that he might / have your back, in a fight, / but, in fact, like his scarf, he was yellow.
Cosplay was beginning to invade his everyday life. First the high boots, then the chest insignia and the spit-curl. The last straw was wearing his jockey shorts over his trousers.
This here is rotten Raoul/ he’s the handsomest kid in the school. /With his collars Byronic/ and his manner sardonic/ he’s,like, you know, incredibly cool./// His dad’s so amazingly rich/ that while sleeping, his fingers twitch/and as for his mother/ he’d rather another/ but he’s stuck with the current bitch./// But please do not envy the lad. /His life will be brief, and sad./ For this little meanie/ has his own Lamborghini/ and his eyesight is horribly bad.
He never did well in his classes/ and he felt that his teachers were asses/ but his problem was plain/ he was far too vain/ to be publicly seen wearing glasses../// and the reason he wore that loose tie/ was not that he wished to look “fly”/ ‘twas that he could not/ ever manage a knot/ which he blamed on his weakness of eye…/// So let us erect a memorial/ to this punk paragon sartorial/ with his hands on the wheel/ of his cocoon of steel- / and his brains in the nearby arboreal.
I have added a comment there (awaiting Mr. Melcher’s approval) pointing to the artist info I used to point to here. First work by this artist used here.
The man they called Robespierre/ lavished infinite care on his hair/ but it mattereth not/ that your coiff’s lookin’ hot / when your head’s in a basket./ So there.
Who is this insouciant fellow/ who affects the bold accent of yellow/ and whose resolute jaw/ has the ruggedly raw/ rigueur of a big bowl of Jell-o ?/// Could it be the painter, Picot/ who wishes the world to know/ he is one handsome brute/ (though beneath his suave suit/ lurks the bod’ of an escargot?) /// That “clothes make the man” is no fiction/ – but a portraitist freed of restriction/ can create from whole cloth/(and with no fear of moth)/ an entirely different depiction..///He may fall somewhat short of a “Mona/ Lisa”, or some Sheriff from old Arizona/ for Le bon M. Picot/ was no “Sheriff Joe”/ (he’s more of an E. Lecuona*)./// And if you decide that the scarf/ is too much by ‘arf/ you ’ave my permission/ to withdraw your commission/ and toddle off somewhere to barf.
Beau Brummell’s new fashion for France: / Dove-gray velvet jacket and pants, / a jaune-ty bandanna / (the hue of banana), / and a vest that he purchased in Nantes. /// He hoped for some foreign romance, / but femmes wouldn’t give him a chance. / Each mademoiselle / would bid him farewell / and glance at him slightly askance.
BE THIS GUY over 3 years ago
François-Édouard Picot, the guy you want to to paint your Tinder profile avatar
Say What Now‽ Premium Member over 3 years ago
Theo is waiting for the word to pose naked.
rmremail over 3 years ago
I’m so hot. I would date myself if I could. Instead I’m going to shoot sultry looks at the mirror.
Strob over 3 years ago
Bill Haley’s great-great-grandfather.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Haley
Kind&Kinder over 3 years ago
Monsieur Le Coq au Vanity
Solstice*1947 over 3 years ago
Jean-Pierre was an affable fellow. / One who practiced a smile that was mellow. / You felt that he might / have your back, in a fight, / but, in fact, like his scarf, he was yellow.
ronaldspence over 3 years ago
If Wayne Newton and Elvis had a child…
Solstice*1947 over 3 years ago
Cosplay was beginning to invade his everyday life. First the high boots, then the chest insignia and the spit-curl. The last straw was wearing his jockey shorts over his trousers.
orinoco womble over 3 years ago
Elvis Presley’s senior picture. Dedicated on the back “To my Momma.”
Ubintold over 3 years ago
Kid still doesn’t know how to tie a Windsor.
Jayalexander over 3 years ago
I’m parched. I’m all in with this spit curl!
pcolli over 3 years ago
Renaldo has just left the building….
Egrayjames over 3 years ago
I’m not only the President of Hair Club for Men, I’m also a client. (https://youtu.be/IuRLGdGnqSU)
khmo over 3 years ago
Sad to see this all weekend
Olddog1 over 3 years ago
Byron who?
Call me Ishmael over 3 years ago
This here is rotten Raoul/ he’s the handsomest kid in the school. /With his collars Byronic/ and his manner sardonic/ he’s,like, you know, incredibly cool./// His dad’s so amazingly rich/ that while sleeping, his fingers twitch/and as for his mother/ he’d rather another/ but he’s stuck with the current bitch./// But please do not envy the lad. /His life will be brief, and sad./ For this little meanie/ has his own Lamborghini/ and his eyesight is horribly bad.
gopher gofer over 3 years ago
john belushi debuts an early blues brothers look…
lagoulou over 3 years ago
The French really know how to wear a scarf!
Call me Ishmael over 3 years ago
He never did well in his classes/ and he felt that his teachers were asses/ but his problem was plain/ he was far too vain/ to be publicly seen wearing glasses../// and the reason he wore that loose tie/ was not that he wished to look “fly”/ ‘twas that he could not/ ever manage a knot/ which he blamed on his weakness of eye…/// So let us erect a memorial/ to this punk paragon sartorial/ with his hands on the wheel/ of his cocoon of steel- / and his brains in the nearby arboreal.
Cuckooman Premium Member over 3 years ago
the ‘looks like this celebrity’ are never funny…
Gameguy49 Premium Member over 3 years ago
Reynaldo escaped the hangman when the rope broke.
Snolep over 3 years ago
Like that little girl, he had a little curl, right in the middle of his forehead.
Another Take over 3 years ago
Tom Jones, the elegantly wasted years. ♪♫ IT’S NOT UNUSUAL TO BE BORED BY ALL OF LIFE, DUH DUH DUH DUH DUH DUH ♪♫
Radish... over 3 years ago
Rachael Maddow, the early years.
Linguist over 3 years ago
Portrait of the smug little s.o.b. who always knew you’d never be anyone he’d want to associate with.
Indianapolis Smith over 3 years ago
Superman’s disguise would have worked, if only he could have controlled that darn curl on his forehead.
MuddyUSA Premium Member over 3 years ago
Hello my dear, my coat is velvet, my shirt is silky, my trousers pressed and I wear nojockey shorts!
Holden Awn over 3 years ago
Stay tuned for the date of the Gender Reveal Party!
GoComicsGo! over 3 years ago
Such an obvious toupé
NWdryad over 3 years ago
Not enough facial hair for a Jonas.
mabrndt Premium Member over 3 years ago
Portrait of a young man wearing a yellow scarf:
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Fran%C3%A7ois-%C3%89douard_Picot_-_Portrait_of_a_young_man_wearing_a_yellow_scarf.jpg
has info and links that point to more info about this roughly jumbo envelope size painting.
Again, a larger strip image is shown by (⌘- or Ctrl-) clicking the image at
http://thatispriceless.blogspot.com/2021/06/masterpiece-2735.html
I have added a comment there (awaiting Mr. Melcher’s approval) pointing to the artist info I used to point to here. First work by this artist used here.
MissScarlet Premium Member over 3 years ago
It is now generally understood that ‘he’ was actually Renalda.
Call me Ishmael over 3 years ago
The man they called Robespierre/ lavished infinite care on his hair/ but it mattereth not/ that your coiff’s lookin’ hot / when your head’s in a basket./ So there.
Call me Ishmael over 3 years ago
Who is this insouciant fellow/ who affects the bold accent of yellow/ and whose resolute jaw/ has the ruggedly raw/ rigueur of a big bowl of Jell-o ?/// Could it be the painter, Picot/ who wishes the world to know/ he is one handsome brute/ (though beneath his suave suit/ lurks the bod’ of an escargot?) /// That “clothes make the man” is no fiction/ – but a portraitist freed of restriction/ can create from whole cloth/(and with no fear of moth)/ an entirely different depiction..///He may fall somewhat short of a “Mona/ Lisa”, or some Sheriff from old Arizona/ for Le bon M. Picot/ was no “Sheriff Joe”/ (he’s more of an E. Lecuona*)./// And if you decide that the scarf/ is too much by ‘arf/ you ’ave my permission/ to withdraw your commission/ and toddle off somewhere to barf.
waltermintz over 3 years ago
The scarf suggest he is guilty of someone’s murder…or that he killed a chicken.
Balaclava over 3 years ago
I really enjoy your poetry,Sol
Solstice*1947 over 3 years ago
Beau Brummell’s new fashion for France: / Dove-gray velvet jacket and pants, / a jaune-ty bandanna / (the hue of banana), / and a vest that he purchased in Nantes. /// He hoped for some foreign romance, / but femmes wouldn’t give him a chance. / Each mademoiselle / would bid him farewell / and glance at him slightly askance.