Bartolomeo Pinelli, Italian
“I’m Going To Ask You Politely One More Time, and Then We’re Going To Have a Problem: Take Your Hand OFF My Ass,” Date Unknown
Watercolor over graphite on wove paper
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/// Is the fact that she’s so tightly swaddled
why, (when not riding donkeys), she waddled?
No, the swaddling’s a veil
for her mermaid fish-tail.
She can’t walk; that’s why she’s being coddled.
/// Childless peasants had been riding by
Bay of Naples and heard a babe cry.
Fished her out of the water;
she’d be raised as their daughter.
Newly orphaned mer-child first time dry.
/// Her mer-parents became very sick.
They both died, but at least it was quick.
Their sad ending was tragic.
The result of black magic?
No, the duo deceased due to Ich.
/// He advised his young sister to wear a
pretty outfit and put on mascara.
At the Used Donkey Shop
they agreed to a swap—
trading these Two Mules for Sister Sara.