Johann Peter Krafft, Austrian
That Look When the Queen’s Just Wrecked Her Toilet and Some Joker’s Stolen the Top to the Plunger, 1839
Oil on paper on cardboard
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/// Kaiser Ferdinand (Second) is standing
in this portrait, erect and commanding.
He’d stiffly paraded
and, this time, unaided.
(The stick up his butt needed sanding.)
/// As a sign of his strength, Ferdinand
wore a gauntlet upon his right hand.
But his left was left bare
‘til the nail polish there
could be dried while his fingers were fanned.
/// Though both helmet and crown were right there,
Kaiser’s head had been also kept bare.
It had taken all day
to arrange it that way
and he didn’t dare mess up his hair.
/// His slippers were silver and shiny.
They showed off his feet, trim and tiny.
He later demolished
the servant who polished
them too well. (They mirrored his heinie.)