Lawrence Alma-Tadema, Dutch-British
“I Don’t Know Why Your Pillow’s Not Working. We Followed All the Instructions. Maybe We Should Return It To the…Wait! It Says ‘For Best Results, Close Your Eyes.’ Try That,” 1888
Oil on panel
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/// These two Riverdale girls had both planned a
cosplay day on this marble veranda.
In their sheer Roman dresses
each one, in turn, confesses:
“Me and Archie? That’s just propaganda.”
/// The girls’ Favourite Poet, Rossetti,
read aloud gets the two of them sweaty.
They take turns. One reclines
and requests favourite lines.
Now Veronica’s reading to Betty.
/// Betty told Ronnie she had a yen
to be read “Goblin Market” again.
Thoughts of Laura and Lizzie
make her dreamily dizzy.
Goblin fruits are much better than men.
/// She removed the rolled scroll from its case.
Then it fell— spinning off. She gave chase.
As it spun uncontrolled
many yards had unrolled.
Now she can’t find her place. (A disgrace!)