Albert Beck Wenzell, American
“Oh By the Way, Phyllis, I Made Our Martinis a Little Stronger Than Usual This Evening. Did You Taste a Difference?,” Date Unknown
Oil on canvas
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/// Mrs. Skeffington wed by arrangement.
Loveless marriage would lead to estrangement.
All the critics applaud
actors Bette and Claude,
(she was so good portraying derangement).
// She craved laudanum (it was was reputed).
That he peddled it was undisputed.
If to him she had toadied,
the girl wouldn’t have O.D.’d;
he’d have made sure that it was diluted.
/// The Argument ended in deadlock;
they’re joined, not by love, just by wedlock.
If he swallowed his pride
and knelt down by her side,
he knew he’d end up in a headlock.
/// She was furious that he would lie.
Turned away, not to spit in his eye.
Her instinctive reaction:
Give him no satisfaction,
and whatever you do, do not cry!
/// She refused to speak after they fought.
Thinking silence would make him distraught.
It was not a good choice.
He could not stand her voice,
so his “punishment” soon came to naught.
/// He complained that her spending’s excessive.
She replied that on sex, he’s obsessive.
Their most violent fighting
came to words which are biting;
they are, both of them, passive aggressive.