Edward Okuń, Polish
“I Don’t Want To Tell You Your Business, But Next Time You Might Not Want To Start With ‘Brahms’ Lullaby,'” 1904
Oil on canvas
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/// When a man serenades Philistines,
he may face some embarrassing scenes.
Violins may not keep
them from falling asleep.
Time to bang on some loud tambourines!
/// Sonia thought Anton’s music terrific,
and erotic, to be more specific.
But her brothers and Dad,
drunk on wine they’d just had,
found his playing to be soporific.
/// With his audience all passed out blotto,
Anton’s muse groped him outside the grotto.
When she spoke to instruct
he assumed she’d said, “plucked,”
so, he played the next part pizzicato.
/// Her right hand wandered over his middle
and would pause, here and there, for a twiddle.
Both her husband and lover
were alike one another.
In a way they each play second fiddle.