Gustave Caillebotte, French
Today’s “That Is Priceless” Masterpiece Is Brought To You By the Letter “h,” 1877
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THROWBACK THURSDAY: MASTERPIECE #2307 (10/15/19)
Artist info is pointed to in my comment and reply at another blog entry.
/// Danton’s out for some fresh air and sun,
and he hopes with Babette to have fun.
Stood there bent— hadn’t jumped,
while his heart wildly thumped.
Is he Swimmer, or Diver, which one?
/// He had planned for some leisurely swimming,
but he froze. With fear Danton is brimming.
Will Babette be unkind,
gazing at his behind?
Horizontal stripes never look slimming.
/// To look good for the lady he’d tried;
he maintained his slim limbs with some pride.
Thinks his hips are too wide,
(all his meals are deep-fried),
and his butt bulges out side-to-side.
/// Peering down at his face’s reflection,
Dan was lost in a deep introspection.
“If I don’t dive in soon,
I’ll appear a buffoon.”
Either way he feared Babette’s rejection.
/// After much too long, Danton got wet,
though he wasn’t quite ready just yet.
Babette gave him a push
on his (not that fat) tush,
The resulting splash soaked poor Babette.
/// She’d seen Danton was nervous. He froze,
tightly gripping the board with his toes.
When her man wouldn’t budge
Babette gave him a nudge.
(If she only could make him propose!)
/// Very few are so eager to “swim”
with one partner they’ll wed on a whim.
Dan bent over to look
at the clear placid brook;
seemed like deep murky waters to him.
/// But Babette didn’t silently pine
for this man with whom she would combine.
Pushed him in by design
and then tossed him this line:
“Take the plunge, dear, the water is fine!”
/// Before coming here, he had been told
that the water today was ice cold,
but it didn’t occur
that he ought to tell her.
He had plans which were sneaky, but bold.
/// His blind date is shy, modest and sweet.
Won’t go far on the day they first meet.
She’d say no to a cuddle,
but for warmth she will huddle,
in need of their shared body heat.
/// Shocking frigid immersion was worst.
She gave up and climbed back on land first.
She had blue fingertips,
and, from cold, erect nips.
when she hugged him, his shrinkage reversed.