Florent Willems, Belgian
“Okay Fine, I’ll Rephrase. Polly Most Humbly Requests a Cracker at Madame’s Earliest Convenience. Is That Polite Enough For You?,” Date Unknown
Oil on panel
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/// Willems painted An Elegant Lady
with a Parrot, she’s always afraid he
will repeat that one word
he, by chance, overheard.
It is foul; those who speak it seem shady.
/// Inès tried hard to teach him to talk,
but he’d merely sit silent and gawk.
Then, a needle she stuck
in her thumb. She screamed “F – – – !”
(Now he curses when he used to squawk.)
/// Shy Inès is chagrined and ashamed
for that expletive she had exclaimed.
It was impulse— not choice,
but the bird clones her voice,
so it’s certain that she will be blamed!