Doorknobs and candlesticks

Picture frames, lamps that click

Faucets, beer mugs, goblets, trays

So much stuff still made today



Of a bright shiny metal which shines

By braziers, who make them so fine

And then put their work out there to share

With us consumers - who stop and stare ...



Admiring the fit and finish of their pieces ...

Some then choosing to adopt them completely

Taking home the handsome, so shinyl, brass lore 

To place on mantels, tables, or hang, not store



For all good work should be admired and praised

And put in prominent places - where it should stay

So folks can come by and see it again and again

Learning something new each time they view it ...

                                         and try on the chain ... 

 

- Tristram



(c) Christopher W. Thomas

6:20pm Monday, Aug. 31st, 1998