Julius Exner, Danish
Despite Taking Three Years of the Language in College, When the Opportunity Arose, Maude Couldn’t Remember How To Say “Nice Fart Box” in Italian, 1859
Oil on canvas
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/// All the gondola rides which I’ve shared
when in Venice have been “open-aired.”
Tourist guys and their gals
are poled down the canals
in plain sight as the residents stared.
/// In past centuries, though, one could ride
in a felze, where, hidden inside,
in dim light, out of view,
you’d do what lovers do,
and not even the gondolier spied.
/// Private cabins were quite an attraction.
(Much like our airborne “Mile-High Club” action.)
And the passengers polled
by their gondolier told
of their 1 to 10 ride satisfaction.
/// No one watching would think it was shocking
to see gondolas rhythmically rocking.
But she might be disgraced
if some clothes were misplaced,
and she came ashore wearing one stocking.
/// Alma’s nervous to get any nearer
to the young man she’s paying to steer her.
So it won’t be so clear
she likes viewing his rear,
she has purchased a new rear view mirror.