Carl Blechen, German
“Relax, Amy. It’s Just Some Followers of ‘That Is Priceless.’ Trust Me — We Don’t Have Anything They Haven’t Seen Before,” ca. 1830
Oil on canvas mounted on plywood
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/// There’s a pool in the lush Park of Terni,
which is lovely, secluded and ferny.
There, the girls go to wash,
(they don’t need someplace posh),
and it’s free, so they don’t mind the journey.
/// Elke stepped from the pond wet and dripping.
‘Twas the first time she’d gone skinny-dipping.
And now feeling bolder,
peered over her shoulder,
to learn whether a man saw her stripping.
/// Stepping backwards a bit to her right,
Elke entered a pool of moonlight.
In these thick and dark woods
she could show off her “goods,”
to entice a voyeur in the night.
/// She’d displayed herself to no avail,
Elke’s “meet-cute” was destined fo fail.
She had mooned only trees.
Despite heavenly pleas,
her prayers hadn’t delivered the male.