Bernardino Licinio, Italian
“Did You Hear That? She Just Did It Again. Quick, Someone Switch Places With Me Before I Pass Out,” 1524
Oil on canvas
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/// Mama birthed eight girls, ere she was done.
There are nine females to Papa’s one.
In A Family Group
Papa tries to recoup.
“I choose this one to dress as a son.”
/// Young Vittoria was his first choice.
Of the eight, she possessed a deep voice.
She was loud, rough and nervy,
and not yet very curvy.
“You’ll inherit it all— so rejoice!”
/// Looking closely, I’m sure that you’ll see,
other sisters who point to agree
with Papa’s selection
for gender deflection.
Very soon she’ll Vittorio be.
/// “There are so many mouths to be fed
that our savings diminished and bled.
Yet the Queen’s second son
likes ‘em young for his fun,
so which one of you goes to his bed?”
/// Shouts of “Not me!” and much finger pointing.
As “child bride” someone else needs anointing.
Will the scarlet-garbed daughter
be the lamb to the slaughter?
(Someone older he’d find disappointing.)