John William Godward, British
Despite Great Reviews, Levitating Livia’s Show at Caesar’s Palace Closed Due To Disappointing Ticket Sales, 1891
Oil on canvas
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/// Drusa gathered the girls near to gloat.
“I can eat all I want and not bloat!
There is no need to diet.
After gorging, just try it.
Stick a feather deep back in your throat.”
/// With a plume from a peacock’s bright tail
she could make herself puke without fail.
All the rich things she ate
wouldn’t add to her weight,
though her breath is now acrid and stale.
/// Later on Drusa called moratorium
on her purging. It was in memorium
of her late oldest friend,
who had met a bad end,
trampled as the crowd surged (vomitorium).
/// They had each thrown a coin in the fountain;
so the gold at the bottom was mountin’.
Do coins grant any wishes?
I dunno, but the fishes
swallowed some, which messed up the accountin’.