Giuseppe Patania, Italian
“Oh Good, You’re Here — I Was Just Writing You a Note. I Helped Myself To One of Your Curtains Because My Pants Are In the Dryer,” 1812
Oil on canvas
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/// Had the poet, Tommaso Gargallo,
been inspired by a bronze of Apollo
shown nude, playing his lyre,
(setting Tom’s brain afire)
to pen verses the critics might swallow?
/// Tommaso, alas, was distracted.
Too long since a lass interacted
in ways that were carnal.
This house now seemed charnel
and, sadly, his quill had retracted.