Théobald Chartran, French
Ugh. Marcia’s Cooking Fish in the Break Room Microwave Again, 1885
Oil and wood
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Info, or links that perhaps point to more info, about this artist can be found here, here (can be read in full for free on Fridays), here, and here, perhaps in addition to what’s in his Wikipedia page (Google translated French Wikipedia page has more).
/// Régnier’s eyes seem suspicious at best;
sly and scheming; by evil possessed.
Yet his smile shows some zest—
primed to utter a jest.
His expressions have not coalesced.
/// Within François, emotions are storming.
He was cold, but is now slowly warming.
He’d been cheap, mean and gnarly,
much like Scrooge before Marley
and three ghosts sparked his soul to transforming.
/// Or, perhaps it’s less weighty a question.
How he looks may not be a suggestion
that his psyche’s at war,
with now versus before.
It could be he just has indigestion.
/// The barbecue he can devour,
(three whole racks of ribs in half an hour),
are a sickening glut
which have damaged his gut.
His expression and stomach— both sour.
/// Although he, himself, isn’t a demon,
he approves of their Satanic schemin’.
The thought of “loose ladies”
bein’ tortured in Hades
is the reason we see him here beamin’.
/// That black jacket was clean on the day
long ago when F.J. passed away.
Many years underground
can cause changes profound.
Now he’s back from the grave, here to stay.