Émile Villa, French
“Oh, Great. That Stupid Woman at the Register Forgot To Remove the Plastic Security Thingy,” Date Unknown
Oil on canvas
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/// Manon sorts through her Treasured Possessions,
and they all bring forth vivid impressions.
Each a gift from a beau
she’d known long, long ago.
Souvenirs of her past indiscretions.
/// There was jewelry, precious and varied,
from great men of wealth with whom she’d tarried.
Some sumptuous clothing
sparked thoughts of her loathing
for a few, whom she nearly had married.
/// One sovereign of world-wide renown,
had commissioned a fabulous gown.
It was studded with gems,
but so sheer it condemns
she who wears it to being put down.
/// She’d been worshipped for charm, grace and beauty,
but those men she’d loved all knew their duty.
They had wives, to be sure.
Manon’s role? Paramour.
Condemned by both the jealous and snooty.
/// Each new birthday, to mask growing older,
she’d put on these prized things which consoled her.
Manon’s most precious finery
connotes life choices binary:
marry one, or with many men smolder.
/// Miss Pandora enjoyed getting dressed
in the contents of her old “Hope” chest.
She once untied its tethers,
now a few “things with feathers”
still remain; she mislaid all the rest.