Pedro Weingartner, Brazilian
Couple Forced to Acknowledge That “Tomato Plants in 30 Minutes!” Infomercial Might Have Been a Scam, 1889
Oil on canvas
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/// Caio sat there with deep furrowed brow
on a wheelbarrow, Needed a plow.
They’d dug row after row,
(farming man and his hoe),
until tilling seemed fruitless, somehow.
/// For a farmer, his garb’s not the norm.
Was it once part of some uniform?
Still, he’d felled several trees,
gathered wood for the freeze
and for shelter to weather the storm.
/// Both the heat and the toil could be hell.
They’re unhealthy; exhausting as well.
He is no longer willing,
the rich soil to be tilling,
‘cause he’s also repelled by the smell.
/// Caio’s woman had helped break the sod.
In her hand she examines a clod.
They’d grow food for their needs,
if they only had seeds.
(Soon she’ll go back to selling her bod.)
/// They had met when he fought in the war.
Then he chose not to fight anymore.
He swapped weapons for farming
and she found this disarming.
“Wife” seemed better than being a whore.
/// They had both given farming a try.
Did she tell Caio, “Ciao” (or goodbye)?
No, she can’t speak Italian.
Plus, he’s built like a stallion.
So, off-work he will still be her guy.