Vasily Maximov, Russian
Jennifer, Insisting on Wearing the Good Tablecloth to Prom, 1878
Oil on canvas
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THROWBACK THURSDAY: MASTERPIECE #1296 (9/10/15)
/// Plump Lyudmila was starting to wilt
‘neath the weight of that heavy wool quilt.
They’d planned making a dress,
though she had to confess
as a poncho it hides how she’s built.
/// Her babushka was waiting to sew
when the segments were ready to go.
They’d marked patterns out but
the dull scissors won’t cut
the thick quilt from Lyudmila’s trousseau.
/// At that point sister Nina suggested
that a thinner cloth ought to be tested.
The lace tablecloth would
make a dress just as good,
but it’s see-through. (She might get arrested.)