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Charles Courtney Curran, American
Another Satisfied Jenny Craig Customer (with “Before” Painting), 1887
Oil on canvas
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/// Though it seems that this woman’s alone,
more than half of the painting’s not shown.
In a large half-dark room
figures sit in the gloom,
passing judgement, their feelings unknown.
/// Women cropped from this image surveyed
how she matches the way she’s portrayed.
In the missing left side
these Fair Critics decide
if that oil’s worth the price that she paid.
/// The blue gown that she wears is the same
as the one in the ornate gilt frame.
Did he capture her face
and her hair and her grace?
Will the critics approve or cast blame?
/// The Fair Critics have settled the matter.
They’ve decided the pose doesn’t flatter.
Where her elbow was placed
covered part of her waist.
The effect is to make her look fatter.
/// Scottie’d fallen in love with a fiction.
With a painter’s artistic depiction
of a girl no one knew.
What was Scottie to do?
His solution caused heartache and friction.
/// He met someone who vaguely resembled
his “love.” When he saw her he trembled.
Dyed and restyled her hair.
Brought an outfit to wear
which he’d, in his obsession, assembled.
/// Now she stood by her twin made of paint,
tightly corseted, ready to faint.
Scottie frowned at the sight.
“Something’s not yet quite right…”
“No!!!” she screeched, “I can’t be who I ain’t!”
/// Her mirror’s no standard reflector,
or it wouldn’t so harshly affect her.
For the image we see
shows where she used to be;
she is shown from a whole different vector.
/// That mad mirror’s come “unstuck in time.”
It won’t mimic her moves like a mime.
Those who gaze deep within
will see where they have been,
or they will be… and won’t cost a dime.