Charles Hermans, Belgian
“Ugh, I’m So Annoyed With the Post Office. I Paid For Express Shipping of My Christmas Gifts, But They’re Not Even Using Both Sails,” ca. 1900
Oil on canvas
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/// They’d met two handsome sailors, both deft
at the wooing of girls and “heart-theft.”
Shore leave ended. They Left!
Now the girls are bereft.
They’re unmarried. If pregnant, they’re effed.
/// Scarf blown back by the cold, salty breeze,
through binoculars Célestine sees
that, despite fervent pleading,
the ship’s slowly receding.
The next “girl in each port” is Chinese.
/// What they’d thought was true love was a fling.
Now each needs a new boyfriend to cling
to who wouldn’t be mad
to be told he’s the Dad,
and would “do the right thing.” (Buy a ring!)
/// The girls signaled to boats passing by
that they ought to give Oostende a try.
Bows can show what’s below
is a gift, but men know
these girls may not mean what they imply.