Moritz Unna, Danish
“It’s From Southwest Airlines. They Say the Location of Your Luggage Will Be Revealed on a Pay-Per-View Special Later This Month,” 1835
Oil on canvas
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“A Schoolmaster Reading Aloud a Letter to an Old Couple from Their Son Abroad”
/// Here’s A Schoolmaster Reading Aloud
to an Old Couple (untaught, but proud),
a Letter (that’s) from
Their (far-away) Son
(who’s) Abroad (and a broad, he avowed.)
/// Their son moved out two years ago June.
Now he’s singing a whole different tune.
Living in Copenhagen
he’s turned into a pagan,
and his pronoun changed from “han” to “hun.”*
*(Danish for “he” and “she.”)
/// The schoolmaster, a liar named Jonah,
said, “Your son’s asking for ten more krone.”
Told the parents he’d sent it,
when, in fact he had spent it.
His true self didn’t match his persona.