Antonio de La Gandara, French
The Ambassador Liked To Brag About How Much Money He Was Saving By Sending Them All To the Same Groomer, 1904
Oil on canvas
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/// This sleek family of three with their collie
is a portrait of cross-gender folly.
All their dogs, without fail,
were named “Lassie,” though male.
And the daughters are “Stanley” and “Ollie.”
/// In their portrait this group isn’t “smiley.”
They display their emotions, but dryly.
Stoic Father seems wily.
Tall girl looks aside shyly,
while her sister plans evil things slyly.
/// Dad and daughters seem oddly relaxed,
(given Mother was recently axed).
It seems she’d objected
to things she suspected.
Like Dad’s mustache, their dysfunction waxed.
/// Both the sisters had fears they’d be cuffed
if “stepfather’s” desires they rebuffed.
When the dog disobeyed,
he’d, at first, had it spayed
and then right after that had it stuffed.