Georges Cain, French
“Looks Totally Real, Right? I Had It Made So I Can Use the Carpool Lane,” Before 1919
Oil on canvas
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Info about this artist can be found at or links pointed to by his Wikipedia page (Google translated French Wikipedia page has more).
/// Buxom redhead in velvety green
made a sculpture no one had yet seen.
She’d invite well-known men
for an unveiling, then
all of Paris would know Belle Poitrine.
/// Belle’s two friends explained, clear and didactic,
that, as bold self-promotion, her tactic
to announce, (as discussed),
she’d uncover her Bust,
would by men be called anticlimactic.
/// Belle said, “I think I see what you’ve done.
You assume, of me, men will make fun.
You two ought not be skittish.
Here’s the problem— you’re British.
We’re in France, where ‘buste’ isn’t a pun.”
/// Mam’selle Belle’s long skirt train sweeps the floor;
a prescription for mischief galore.
A misstep could cause ripping,
or, much worse, lead to tripping.
Which could bare not just ankles, but more!
/// So she constantly gives it a tug,
(and especially crossing a rug).
Yet, the gown’s built for fun.
With all buttons undone
she gets bare to the waist with a shrug.