Thomas Ralph Spence, English
“Well Yes, That’s What People Say. But Based on the Current Exchange Rate, I’m Actually Worth 2.327 in the Bush,” Date Unknown
Oil on canvas
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/// “You must marry me!” That’s what she heard,
but the words the man spoke had been slurred.
At his drunken command
she would not give her hand,
but she happily flipped him the bird.
/// A young Classical Maiden is she,
and she’s Holding a Bird, we can see.
It’s a dove, mostly blue,
and straight to her it flew.
(She just ate, so she’s setting it free.)
/// She seems serious, sober, and solemn
as she stands by that fluted white column.
But she worries, indeed,
she’s declined— gone to seed.
Birds are drawn to her, though she won’t call ‘em.
/// The dove may represent Aphrodite,
(and this maiden is wearing a nightie).
She deserves love— a smidgeon,
and her blue-tinted pigeon
shows she’s two things: Depressive and flighty.