THROWBACK THURSDAY: MASTERPIECE #1501 (7/27/16)

/// Newly married, this couple is dressed
in their finest clothes, wearing their best
jewels. Despite being flirty,
they won’t risk getting dirty;
first disrobe before getting caressed.

/// “Our clothes show off our wealth and our status.
We won’t wear anything received gratis.
Ostentatious display
will cause viewers to say
that they’re envious. Poor people hate us.”

/// Choice of garb: Inspiration divine.
The result is they’re both looking fine.
When you eat force-fed geese
you may end up obese,
(plus the Dutch prefer beer over wine).

/// To dress “plain” these two both have the knack,
though their gear, a year’s pay, set them back.
Cloth can be the world’s best
with gold thread on the vest,
just as long as the hue’s basic black.

/// Pieter Codde had painterly skills.
Look at how he did laces and frills.
On his maid “love” was forced.
The result? He’s divorced.
Got in fights. Too addicted to thrills.