Martín Rico y Ortega, Spanish
Rare Glimpse of Enigmatic Graffiti Artist Barksy, ca. 1866
Oil on panel
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MASTERPIECE #3142
Info, or links that point to more info, about this artist can be found here, here, here, here, here, here (archived if necessary, Biography text Google translated), here, here (can be read in full for free on Fridays), here, here, here (Google translated), here, here, and here, perhaps in addition to what’s in his Wikipedia page (Google translated Spanish Wikipedia page has more).
/// She has written a name on this tree.
It’s “ROBERTO,” placed where she can see.
Carmen marks the location
of each feigned defloration
as an aid to her poor memory.
/// She has lain with a great many men
under nearly each tree in this glen.
In response to their urgin’
she’d proclaim, “I’m a virgin!”
That same lie worked again and again.
/// She picks lovers with passion, but gentle,
and such men tend to be sentimental.
If they’re back at this spot
and his name she forgot,
it would be, at the least, detrimental.